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A Gay Adventurer - An Account of the Life and Exploits of Sir Percy Blakeney, Bart., known as The Scarlet Pimpernel
by Blakeney, John [Orczy, Baroness]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Leicester, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Long, 1935. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. (London: John Long n.d. [1935]). First UK Edition, First Issue (with the Spring 1935 John Long Catalogue at the rear of the book). Foreword by Baroness Orczy. Publisher's plum-coloured cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. The book is integrally in fine condition, with a very strong unread feeling to the spine. The pages are clean and bright throughout. Very minor cocking to the book and some foxing to the outer text block. Page 279 has a crease at the top right hand corner. Overall the book is in near fine condition. The Spring 1935 Catalogue at the back is evidence of the first issue. The D/W is also in near fine condition with one very short tear and a touch of creasing at the very top of the spine. One reason the D/W seems to have survived so well is that it is of a thick high quality paper. The identity of "John Blakeney" has been the subject of speculation. Elsewhere on the www it is argued that John Blakeney is the pen-name of Baroness Orczy's son. Others postulate that Baroness Orczy wrote the book herself pretending to be her son or husband using a pseudonym. A very nice copy indeed of a rare First Edition. Photographs/scans available upon request.
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Details
- Bookseller
- James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 355490719335
- Title
- A Gay Adventurer - An Account of the Life and Exploits of Sir Percy Blakeney, Bart., known as The Scarlet Pimpernel
- Author
- Blakeney, John [Orczy, Baroness]
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Long
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1935
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
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About the Seller
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
Biblio member since 2006
Leicester
About James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
James M Pickard (Rare Books) is proud to be a full member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA).
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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