Not Wisely But Too Well
by Sparrow, Gerald
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
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- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
London: George G. Harrap 1961. (Hardcover) 192pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Finely bound cloth over 3 / 4 leather with rules and title in gilt and raised bands on the spine. Binding signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt and with an erotic fore-edge painting. The spine lightly faded. Binding by Sangosrki and Sutcliffe. (Fiction, Fore-Edge Painting).
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- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 156119
- Title
- Not Wisely But Too Well
- Author
- Sparrow, Gerald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George G. Harrap
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- Fiction, Fore-Edge Painting
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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About the Seller
Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
Biblio member since 2003
Winnipeg, Manitoba
About Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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- Raised Band(s)
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- G
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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....
- Jacket
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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...
- 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...
- 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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