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The Young Visiters.
by ASHFORD, Daisy
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus,, 1919. First edition, first impression, signed and dated by the author on the half-title in the year of publication, "Daisy Ashford Nov. 15th 1919", rare thus. Originally written in 1890 when she was nine years old, she rediscovered it in 1917 and published it with the support of J. M. Barrie almost exactly as it had been originally written, with childish spelling and grammatical mistakes. An exceptionally popular book, The Young Visiters was reprinted 18 times in 1919 and was quickly adapted for the stage, being first performed in London in 1920 before being transferred to New York. Small octavo. Original dark brown cloth-backed marbled boards, cream label to spine printed in black, fore edge untrimmed. With dust jacket. Photographic portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, facsimile plate of first page of the manuscript. Spine cocked, traces of previously removed label to front pastedown. A near-fine, bright copy in the very scarce jacket, slightly soiled and rubbed, with small chips to extremities, short closed tear to head of spine and spine fold expertly stabilised.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 126691
- Title
- The Young Visiters.
- Author
- ASHFORD, Daisy
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Chatto & Windus,
- Date Published
- 1919
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Marbled boards
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- New
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- Fore Edge
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- First Edition
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- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 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....
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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