Unaddressed Letters
by SWETTENHAM, Frank Athelstane (editor)
- Used
- good
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1898. Good. London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1898. Octavo, x, 312 pages. Tan buckram, lettered in gilt on the spine (an early rebind); all edges gilt; covers lightly rubbed and marked; spine darkened and a little scuffed; glue residue on the front pastedown (presumably due to the removal of a bookplate); first blank removed; a few mild marks; a good copy. In his preface, Swettenham attributes these letters to an anonymous friend, who left him the manuscript after his death. 'The writer was, by trade, a diplomatist; by inclination, a sportsman with literary and artistic tastes; by force of circumstances he was a student of many characters, and in some sense a cynic. He was also a traveller - not a great traveller, but he knew a good deal of Europe, a little of America, much of India and the further East. He spent some time in this neighbourhood [Malaya], and was much interested in the country and its people. There is an Eastern atmosphere about many of the letters, and he made no secret of the fact that he was fascinated by the glamour of the lands of sunshine. He died very suddenly by misadventure ...'.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 130727
- Title
- Unaddressed Letters
- Author
- SWETTENHAM, Frank Athelstane (editor)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Lane The Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1898
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Adelaide, South Australia
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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....
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...