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The Local
by Gorham, Maurice
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Cape Town, South Africa
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Cassell & Co. Ltd. First edition in the remnants of the original glassine wrapper. First editions of this work are particularly scarce at all unsold copies were destroyed when Cassel's offices at La Belle Sauvage in London were destroyed during the Blitz in WWII. Contains 15 four colour lithographic plates by Ardizzone, including one double page. Some age-toning and mild foxing to prelims. 51 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. 1st Edition. Condition: Very good. Binding: Hardcover. Some light edge-wear with some foxing to top edge. Bumping to front corner.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quagga Books
(ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 304749
- Title
- The Local
- Author
- Gorham, Maurice
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell & Co. Ltd
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Miscellaneous;
Terms of Sale
Quagga Books
If an item is misdescribed we will offer a full refund. Tracking is only offered on the expedited postage option. Please note we offer the standard postage option without any tracking as an option for lower priced items as courier from South Africa is costly. Thus standard postage items in transit are at the purchaser's risk. Postage based on standard average sizes, if an item is particularly small, we will reduce the postage. If an item is larger than standard size, postage may increase.
About the Seller
Quagga Books
Biblio member since 2018
Cape Town
About Quagga Books
We have been in business for over 25 years. Situated in Kalk Bay, Cape Town at the Southern tip of Africa, we deal in all types of collectable books. Over the years we have been featured in Time Magazine, The New York Times, Louis Vuitton Travel Guide, The Guardian and numerous others.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Glassine Wrapper
- A thin, partially transparent or translucent paper covering often used ...
- 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...