The Plays of John Galsworthy
by GALSWORTHY, John
- Used
- very good
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Duckworth, 1929. Very Good/Good. London, Duckworth, 1929. Octavo, [viii], 1151 pages. Green buckram, lettered in gilt on the spine; top edge gilt, others uncut (and almost entirely unopened); endpapers a little browned and foxed; an excellent copy with the very good dustwrapper a little sunned, marked and creased with a few short tears. Number 476 of 1275 copies on hand-made paper signed by the author.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 130714
- Title
- The Plays of John Galsworthy
- Author
- GALSWORTHY, John
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Duckworth
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1929
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
Biblio member since 2006
Adelaide, South Australia
About Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
The business was established in Adelaide in March 1976 and is a longstanding member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) and the Australian Antique Dealers Association (AADA). A large out-of-print and antiquarian stock is maintained at our retail outlet in the centre of Adelaide; mail-order catalogues of our specializations are issued and a representative selection of our stock is online.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...