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The Chronicle of Clemendy.
by MACHEN, Arthur
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Carbonnek [London]: Privately printed for the Society of Pantagruelists,, 1888. First edition, number 217 of 250 copies, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "E. M. from A. M" with the recipient's subsequent gift inscription below "To Geoffrey D. Dobson from E. M. 1910". The Chronicle of Clemendy is Machen's first collection of short stories. This "heavily tongue-in-cheek collection was probably written to satisfy one of the affectations of the day, bowdlerized, sentimentalized Rabelais with Machen's remarkable facility of writing leading to amusing stories with a bookish joi de vivre" (Bleiler). Octavo. Original vellum-backed blue paper boards by Wyman & Sons, titles to spine in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Vellum browned, faint soiling to boards, book block square, light foxing to outer leaves and very occasionally to contents, repair visible to gutter of front free endpaper, sometime re-tipped in; a very good copy in bright condition. Bleiler, Supernatural Fiction 1069; Goldstone & Sweetser 4a.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 144957
- Title
- The Chronicle of Clemendy.
- Author
- MACHEN, Arthur
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Carbonnek [London]: Privately printed for the Society of Pantagruelists,
- Date Published
- 1888
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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