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THE MAN OF PROPERTY
by GALSWORTHY, JOHN
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine./No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1964. AEG. Covers and spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Silk bookmark. Introduction by Evelyn Waugh and illustrations by Charles Mozley. Area of rubbing front cover fore-edge margin. Otherwise the book is in fine condition. First published in 1906, this was the first volume in the "Forsyte Saga" series. 285pp.. The Collector's Library of Famous Editio. Full Burgundy Leather. Near Fine./No Dust Jacket. Royal Octavo.
Synopsis
The Forsyte Saga is a series of three novels and two interludes published between 1906 and 1921 by John Galsworthy. They chronicle the vicissitudes of the leading members of an upper-middle-class British family. Only a few generations removed from their farmer ancestors, the family members are keenly aware of their status as "new money".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014893
- Title
- THE MAN OF PROPERTY
- Author
- GALSWORTHY, JOHN
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine.
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- The Collector's Library of Famous Editio
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1964
- Size
- Royal Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- English Literature, Galsworthy
Terms of Sale
Glenn Books
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About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
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