The Silver Spoon
by Galsworthy, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1926. First American Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full dark blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, fore-edge deckle. This is the second novel from the series known as the "Forsyte Saga" or "Forsyte Chronicle." Galsworthy received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932. . Spine is slightly cocked and lightly sun-faded, head and heel of spine are lightly rubbed, printed bookplate on fep, else unmarked, tight, square and clean. VERY GOOD.. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. viii, 320 pp .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16904
- Title
- The Silver Spoon
- Author
- Galsworthy, John
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- Fiction;, Literature;, First Edition;, The Forsyte Saga;, The Forsyte Chronicle;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
Round Table Books, LLC lists rare, beautiful and interesting books. All books are described accurately, packed carefully and shipped promptly. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Any book may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.