The Secret Places of the Heart
by Wells, H.G
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Cassell and Company, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. (States "First published 1922" on verso of integral title page. Variant binding: blind lettering on front cover conforms to Currey's A issue [THE / SECRET PLACES/ OF THE HEART/ H.G. WELLS], but lettering on tail measures 2.5 cm as in the B issue.) 311pp. Very Good in uncommon dust jacket. Heavy foxing to edges. Offsetting to endpapers. Jacket spine panel darkened with a few small stains, chipped at extremities, a bit rubbed. A novel from the prolific author of War of the Worlds.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 150715034
- Title
- The Secret Places of the Heart
- Author
- Wells, H.G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cassell and Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- L.W. Currey, science fiction, war of the worlds, Margaret Sanger
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- First Edition
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.