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Background with Chorus: A Footnote to Changes in English Literary Fashion Between 1901 and 1917
by Frank Swinnerton
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hutchinson, 1956. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1956. First Edition. 236 pages. Green dust jacket over green boards with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white frontispiece. Binding remains firm. Crinkling to gutters. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Front hinge is cracked. Pencil inscription to front endpaper and back pastedown. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Boards are very slightly warped. Crushing to spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges. Gilt lettering is darkened. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Tanning to spine and edges.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1628145935TMB
- Title
- Background with Chorus: A Footnote to Changes in English Literary Fashion Between 1901 and 1917
- Author
- Frank Swinnerton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Date Published
- 1956
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- 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
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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