The Forsyte Saga
by Galsworthy, John
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann Limited, 1937. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾. N/a. 1104pp. 1937 reprint. 12mo. sized. A prize binding: blue leather bound (calf leather) with a gilt embossed red title block. Marbled endpapers and marbled fore-edges. The binding dates to 1938 with a Bowden House School, Seaford prize for scholarship bookplate dated July 1938 and pasted to the front endpaper. Fold-out family plate present and all there but with additional creases. Slight rubbing to the head of the spine and some light rubbing to the tail of the spine. Some light marking to the leather of the boards. A very good, clean, tight copy.
Synopsis
The Forsyte Saga is a series of three novels and two interludes published between 1906 and 1921 by John Galsworthy. They chronicle the vicissitudes of the leading members of an upper-middle-class British family. Only a few generations removed from their farmer ancestors, the family members are keenly aware of their status as "new money".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 240360
- Title
- The Forsyte Saga
- Author
- Galsworthy, John
- Illustrator
- N/a
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- William Heinemann Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1937
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾&quo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Trumpington Fine Books Limited
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Glossary
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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