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Galsworthy Compact Edition, Volume V: The Dark Flower; Beyond; Saint's Progress
by Galsworthy, John
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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About This Item
146 Charing Cross Road, London: Charles Scribners Sons, 1929. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Volume V of Galsworty's Compact Editon includesThree Novels: The Dark Flower; Beyond; and Saint's Progress. John Galsworthy, 1867-1933, was an English Author noted for his satire on the British upper-middle class, late 19th-early 20th century. Hardcover in Very Good Condition. No Jacket. Binding of green buckram w/gilt titles, backstrap gilt decorated with five low raised bands, front with four blind-stamped borders, gilt titles. Very clean and unmarked with slight wear of front lower corner and rubbing of spine head/heel. Lower text block has a circular 1 cm spot and the corner is smudged. Rough cut. Title page decorated with border of red design; frontispiece with same red border, of Bury House, John Galsworthy's Home in Sussex, England. Pages very clean, no marks, no tears, lightly toned. 739 pages. 7.75 x 5.5 x 1.6 inches. Publisher: New York. Charles Scribners Sons, 1929.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014331
- Title
- Galsworthy Compact Edition, Volume V: The Dark Flower; Beyond; Saint's Progress
- Author
- Galsworthy, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charles Scribners Sons
- Place of Publication
- 146 Charing Cross Road, London
- Date Published
- 1929
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- LITERATURE, ENGLISH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY; BRITISH UPPER MIDDLE CLASS; SATIRE;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction. Modern Classics;
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- Gilt
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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....
- Rubbing
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