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Under The Greenwood Tree, or The Mellstock Quire, A Rural Painting of The Dutch School. Pocket Edition.
by HARDY, THOMAS:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Macmillan & Co., 1959 reprint. Hardback, 7 x 4.5 inches. In maroon cloth covers with gilt decoration and lettering to spine, blind embossed monogram to front. With dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; Slightly darkened on spine with small minor water stain to bottom end, small chips to ends, minor rubbing and small tear to top edge. Front flap price clipped. With protective plastic). Cloth clean and smart. Neat inscription to corner of front endpaper “To Alison, from Sheila 28.4.60.” Pages all clean and tight. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 273pp. With map of Wessex at front.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 95051
- Title
- Under The Greenwood Tree, or The Mellstock Quire, A Rural Painting of The Dutch School. Pocket Edition.
- Author
- HARDY, THOMAS:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Macmillan & Co., 1959 reprint
- Keywords
- HARDY, THOMAS HARDY, THOMAS: Under The Greenwood Tree, or The Mellstock Quire, A Rural Painting of The Dutch School, Pocket Edition, Macmillan & Co., 1959, dustwrapper
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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- 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...
- Price Clipped
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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