Abbeys First edition.
by James, M. R
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No dust jacket
- Seller
-
Eynsham, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: The Great Western Railway, 1925. First edition. Hardback. Fair/No dust jacket. The Great Western Railway, London, 1925. First impression. Book condition: fair. Red cloth boards a little rubbed and soiled. Corners bumnped. Some sporadic spotting throughout. Binding sound. The fold-out plan of Tintern Abbey has a split at the fold. GWR map showing cathedrals, castles and abbeys in a pocket on rear board. Illustrations and maps throughout. No jacket. M. R. James (he of ghost story fame) provides the traveller with an explanation of the buildings listed and divides the abbeys by order (Benedictine, Cluniac, Cistercian, Carthusian, Augustine etc).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ariadne Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1305003
- Title
- Abbeys First edition.
- Author
- James, M. R
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Great Western Railway
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1925
- Keywords
- Travel & topography,Abbeys,M. R. James
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel & Topography;
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About the Seller
Ariadne Books
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Eynsham, Oxfordshire
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...