These Three (Review Copy with Publisher's Letter Laid In) with dust jacket
by Wells, Gabriel
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- fine/very good
- Seller
-
Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: William Edward Rudge, 1932. Limited ed. Hardcover. fine/very good. One of 750 copies only. Slim 12mo in black clotyh with spine lettered in gilt. Preface by Andre Malrois. 91 pp. with frontispiece photograph of a bust of Wells by Jo Davidson. A tight, fine example. In the original light violet printed dust wrapper, slplit down the front gutter fold. Laid in is a letter from the publisher strikingly engraved stationery.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E12516B
- Title
- These Three (Review Copy with Publisher's Letter Laid In) with dust jacket
- Author
- Wells, Gabriel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited ed
- Publisher
- William Edward Rudge
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1932
- Keywords
- books, essays, punlishing, biblio, publishing
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiques;
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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...