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Selected Works of Sacheverell Sitwell
by SITWELL, Sacheverell [Sir Sacheverell Reresby Sitwell, 6th Baronet]
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: Robert Hale, 1955. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (22cm); blue/gray cloth covered boards titled in red on the spine; dustjacket; 300pp.; a few bumps to the lower board edge' former owner's name inside front cover; spine ends are pushed; about Near Fine; The dustjacket is unclipped (priced 24s. net) with chipping and short tears to the extremities; Very Good or better.
"In this volume Mr. Sitwell presents his La Vie Parisienne of which a reprint has been called for over many years. It is a recreation of the first night of Offenbach's operetta of that name in Paris, at the height of the Second Empire..." (from the dustjacket); FIFOOT, SA59.
"In this volume Mr. Sitwell presents his La Vie Parisienne of which a reprint has been called for over many years. It is a recreation of the first night of Offenbach's operetta of that name in Paris, at the height of the Second Empire..." (from the dustjacket); FIFOOT, SA59.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54471
- Title
- Selected Works of Sacheverell Sitwell
- Author
- SITWELL, Sacheverell [Sir Sacheverell Reresby Sitwell, 6th Baronet]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Robert Hale
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; France;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
Lorne Bair Rare Books specializes in books, mansuscripts, and printed ephemera relating to American Social History, with an emphasis on radical and utopian movements of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. We are available in our showroom by appointment, at shows, and on-line through various booksellers' sites or at our website www.lornebair.com.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
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