The Untilled Field
by George Moore
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1903. Leather. Very Good. 6" by 4.5". None. The Tauchnitz edition of this charming workby George Moore. Tauchnitz edition. When the local parish priests grow concerned with the declining moral standards of the village, the church must act. Written by George Moore, an Irish poet, art critic, dramatist, novelist and short story writer. Influenced by the works of Emile Zola, he absorbed lessons from the French realists. It is said that his writings influenced James Joyce. Previously owned by Sir William Eden Bart, a British politician whose son, Anthony Eden, served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Rebound in half brown calf with red cloth boards. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear and the odd mark to the board. Joint starting slightly at the head of the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with scattered spotting to the endpapers. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 841T53
- Title
- The Untilled Field
- Author
- George Moore
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bernhard Tauchnitz
- Place of Publication
- Leipzig
- Date Published
- 1903
- Size
- 6" by 4.5"
- Keywords
- Moore Untilled Religion Untilled
Terms of Sale
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...