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A GREEN BOUGH
by Faulkner, William (1897-1962)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Blockley, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas 1st edition 2nd printing April, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Jacket woodcut illustration and titlepage vignette by Lynd Ward.. Octavo blindstamped original green cloth with gilt spine title in dust jacket with $1.75 price (cloth sunned at edges, jacket neatly repaired but edge pieces max 2.5cm missing) 67pp. Bookplate Albert D. Burlen. Pages clean and crisp throughout. *First edition 2nd printing in scarce original but imperfect dust jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Abbey Antiquarian Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- V46405
- Title
- A GREEN BOUGH
- Author
- Faulkner, William (1897-1962)
- Illustrator
- Jacket woodcut illustration and titlepage vignette by Lynd Ward.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harrison Smith and Robert Haas 1st edition 2nd printing April
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- fiction first
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian;
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About the Seller
Abbey Antiquarian Books
Biblio member since 2005
Blockley, Gloucestershire
About Abbey Antiquarian Books
We are antiquarian booksellers established in Gloucestershire, England for over twenty years. We have general stock and specialise in early illustrated and children's books and pop-ups. We are members of PBFA.
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- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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