The Fall Of The Sparrow
by Balchin, Nigel
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Collins, 1955. Bound in the publishers hard boards with gilt title lettering to spine, this is the first impression of the first edition. A tidy copy with no inscriptions. Book sits solid and square with all corners sharp. Housed in the dark green dustwrapper with publishers printed price intact on front inside flap. Dustwrapper is very good. Protected in a removable archival booksleeve to preserve its condition. A presentable copy. Photographs of the book and the dustwrapper are available on request. Another excellent Nigel Balchin quality novel. This authors work it seems is enjoying something of a well deserved renaissance of late.. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. FIRST EDITION.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Rare Book Shelf (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000761
- Title
- The Fall Of The Sparrow
- Author
- Balchin, Nigel
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
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The Rare Book Shelf
Biblio member since 2005
Herefordshire
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Glossary
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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....
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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...
- 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...