Click for full-size.
SELECTIONS AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AND IMAGINATIVE FROM THE WORKS OF GEORGE GISSING WITH BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL NOTES BY HIS SON
by [GISSING, George] GISSING, A. C.; with Virginia WOOLF
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1929. First edition. Octavo. Coffee-brown cloth boards, lettered in gilt on spine; publisher's device of a bowl with monogram in blind on lower board. First edition, first impression. Introduction by Virginia Woolf, pages 9-16, published here in the year her A Room of One's Own was published. Top and fore edges trimmed, bottom partially trimmed, endpapers slightly offset from dust jacket; a lover's contemporary inscription [quoting Gissing's unfinished novel Veranilda] on front free endpaper, with an additional loose inscription laid in, very good or better. Saxe-blue dust jacket dust jacket printed in orange-yellow, spine lightly sunned, small closed tear at spine top of rear panel, price intact, very good or better.
. KIRKPATRICK & CLARKE B9a.
. KIRKPATRICK & CLARKE B9a.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Second Wind Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 607
- Title
- SELECTIONS AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AND IMAGINATIVE FROM THE WORKS OF GEORGE GISSING WITH BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL NOTES BY HIS SON
- Author
- [GISSING, George] GISSING, A. C.; with Virginia WOOLF
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- rare, scarce, dust jacket, introduction, inscription
Terms of Sale
Second Wind Books LLC
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Second Wind Books LLC
Biblio member since 2022
New Haven, Connecticut
About Second Wind Books LLC
Second Wind Books is committed to offering important British and American first editions in the Modernist vein, with an emphasis on books about books, books by and about women and adjacent admirers. Literature, poetry, small and fine press, letters and manuscripts, original artwork, photographs, are what interests us most. Our founder began bookselling under the tutelage of a truly great bookman in 2006, and is now offering that learned expertise in her own shop. Interested in offers of literature from 1900 to 1950, either for sale or to evaluate.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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....
- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
Collecting Signed Books
Read through our tips, hints, and information on collecting books signed or inscribed by the author or illustrator.
The Importance of Dust Jackets
Is the dust jacket of a book worth holding on to? Consider its form, its function, and its beauty. Learn more about dust jackets and their importance to your collection.
