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Caravan; The Assembled Tales
by Galsworthy, John
- Used
- Fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1925. First Edition / Signed Limited Edition. Full leather. Fine. The signed limited edition of Caravan: The Assembled Tales of John Galsworthy.. Octavo, x, 950pp. Full green limp morocco, title in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt, internally fine. Housed in custom half morocco chemise, light shelf wear to spine. From a limited edition of 265 copies signed by the author, this being number 197. A fine example.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14566
- Title
- Caravan; The Assembled Tales
- Author
- Galsworthy, John
- Illustrator
- The signed limited edition of Caravan: The Assembled Tales of John Galsworthy.
- Format/Binding
- Full leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition / Signed Limited Edition
- Publisher
- William Heinemann Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1925
- Keywords
- The Forsyte Saga, The Man of Property, Galsworthy Caravan, Three Novels of Society, Three Novels of Love
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Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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....
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...
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