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Maid in Waiting
by John Galsworthy
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann, 1931. Leather. Very Good. 9" by 6". None. A signed limited edition copy of 'Maid in Waiting', one of the Forsyte chronicles by John Galsworthy. This edition was limited to 525 copies. This is number 472. Signed by the author to the 'limited edition' page. In the original binding with cloth boards, a vellum spine and gilt detail. John Galsworthy was an English novelist and playwright, who dedicated virtually his entire literary career to the establishment of a fictional Victorian family known as the 'Forsytes'. This book is part of the 'Forsyte Chronicles' and is the first book in the 'End of Chapter' trilogy. A story of reputation and family politics. In the original quarter vellum binding. Externally, very smart with some light shelf wear only. Handling marks to the vellum spine and a few red ink marks to the front board. Offsetting to the paste-downs and free endpapers. Age-toning to the free endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Authors ink signature to the edition page. Pages very bright and clean with only some light age-toning to the edges. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 829G40
- Title
- Maid in Waiting
- Author
- John Galsworthy
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1931
- Size
- 9" by 6"
- Keywords
- The Forsyte Chronicles End of the Chapter victorian satire End of the Chapter
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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