South and East
by John Masefield
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: The Medici Society , 1929. Leather. Very Good. 10" by 7.5". Jacynth Parsons . A beautiful limited edition copy of this sonnet by the former Poet Laureate, John Masefield. Published in the same year as the first edition. This edition was limited to 2750 copies. Rebound in full, decorative, calf binding. With a colour frontispiece and five colour plates by Jacynth Parsons. Collated complete. John Masefield's popular sonnet, telling the story of three sons, Gai, Kai and Kradoc. John Masefield was an English poet and writer and was the Poet Laureate from 1930 until 1967. Rebound in full calf binding. Externally, smart with rubbing to the extremities and spine. Marks to the boards. Offsetting to the free endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean with some light age-toning. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 833G26
- Title
- South and East
- Author
- John Masefield
- Illustrator
- Jacynth Parsons
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Medici Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1929
- Size
- 10" by 7.5"
- Keywords
- Jacynth Parsons Sonnets narrative verse The Midnight Folk Sonnets
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- First Edition
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