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Historian's Holiday
by Bryant, Arthur
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good - Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0755101448
- ISBN 13
- 9780755101443
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: The Dropmore Press, 1946 Book. Good - Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. 84 pp, 12 essays most of which appeared in the Illustrated London News between 1936 and 1950, of a personal character and with a connection to the author's work as a historian. Limited Edition: number 295 of 550 copies. Inked name on front pastedown with bumped fore-edge corners, light warp along bottom edge suggesting prior dampness, else, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Blue cloth with gilt decoration to front board and gilt lettering to spine..
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000654
- Title
- Historian's Holiday
- Author
- Bryant, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0755101448
- ISBN 13
- 9780755101443
- Publisher
- The Dropmore Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- ESSAYS
- Size
- 4to
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- 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...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...