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THE FIGHT: AN ESSAY
by Hazlitt, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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About This Item
Woodstock, VT: Elm Tree Press, 1929. 1st Edition, Thus. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition, Thus. Hardcover. Signed. Hazlitt, William. THE FIGHT: AN ESSAY. Woodstock, VT: Elm Tree Press, 1929. Sm. 8vo., 30pp. A lovely reprint of an 1822 essay by noted critic William Hazlitt, comissioned by Marjorie Barlow with an introduction by Robert H. Davis, #345 of 1000 copies. Publisher's blue paper covered boards with paper title pasted on spine. A fine copy [a hint of foxing to the endpapers], lovely colour frontispiece depicting a boxing match. The edition signed by Marjorie Barlow on title page verso. A very nice example in a near fine dustwrapper with tiny loss at the head & heel of the spine.
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- Bookseller
- TBCL The Book Collection Library
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31845
- Title
- THE FIGHT: AN ESSAY
- Author
- Hazlitt, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition, Thus
- Publisher
- Elm Tree Press
- Place of Publication
- Woodstock, VT
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- BOXING
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- 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...
- Verso
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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....
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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