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MELLONEY HOLTSPUR
by Masefield, John
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann, 1922. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. (ca. 1923) 1st edition. A Near Fine copy in Very Good dust jacket. 12mo. Bound in blue paper over boards, with gilt titles, in a blue-grey dust jacket, titled in black. The dj is tanned along the edges and spine, with two small closed tears on the rear lower edge. The dj is now protected in a mylar sleeve. A Near Fine copy in Very Good dust jacket. *** Masefield was the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, from 1930, till his death in 1967. ***.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Frey Fine Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011844
- Title
- MELLONEY HOLTSPUR
- Author
- Masefield, John
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- poems, poetry, poets
Terms of Sale
Frey Fine Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Frey Fine Books
Biblio member since 2019
Rougemont, North Carolina
About Frey Fine Books
Antiquarian bookseller, with over 15 years experience.
Glossary
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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...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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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