Edward Marsh's Little Book (Reproduced in Facsimile)
by Meredith, Michael (ed.)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0902154052
- ISBN 13
- 9780902154056
- Seller
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Sturminster Newton, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Eton College, Windsor: The Provost and Fellows, Eton College, 1990. Book. Fine. Half-Leather. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 2 volumes in slipcase. Sage green paper-covered boards with leather spines. Top edge gilt. Condition: Fine, with a very light scuff to the rear cover of the introductory volume. Slipcase condition: fine, with very light shelfwear. This is number 15 of a limited edition of 626 copies. It is a facsimile version of the notebook presented in 1911 by Lady Diana Cooper to Sir Edward Marsh (1872-1953), Winston Churchill's secretary and a great literary impresario in his own right. Marsh decided "to ask all the poets I knew to copy out in it a poem apiece"; it includes contributions from Robert Graves, Thomas Hardy, Rudyard Kipling and T. E. Lawrence. .
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- Bookseller
- Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006925
- Title
- Edward Marsh's Little Book (Reproduced in Facsimile)
- Author
- Meredith, Michael (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0902154052
- ISBN 13
- 9780902154056
- Publisher
- The Provost and Fellows, Eton College
- Place of Publication
- Eton College, Windsor
- Date Published
- 1990
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- edward marsh
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 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...