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The Great Shakespeare Forgery: A new Look into the Career of William Henry Ireland
por Bernard Grebanier
- Usado
- Capa dura
- first
- Condição
- Very Good Indeed/Very Good
- Livreiro
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
London: Heinemann, 1966. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated . A lovely first edition of this fascinating look into the career of William Henry Ireland, known for his forgeries of Shakespeare's work. The first edition of this fascinating volume by Bernard Grebanier, who proposes this study of the career of William Henry Ireland; he was an English forger known for having forged Shakespearean documents and plays. This volume explores the human story behind young Ireland's fabrications. Grebanier tells this story of fraud and detection with much wit and elegance. Illustrated with various full page plates. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally excellent with minor shelf wear only and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. The dust wrapper is unclipped and very smart with some shelf wear and edge wear, a slight chipping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. With a minor faint spotting to the fore edge, not affecting the pages which are bright and clean. Illustrated with various full page plates. Very Good Indeed
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 779A54
- Título
- The Great Shakespeare Forgery: A new Look into the Career of William Henry Ireland
- Autor
- Bernard Grebanier
- Ilustrador
- Not Stated
- Formato/Encadernação
- Cloth
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Very Good Indeed
- Condição de sobrecapa
- Very Good
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- First edition
- Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Editorial
- Heinemann
- Local de publicação
- London
- Data de publicação
- 1966
- Dimensão
- 8.5" by 5.5"
- Palavras-chave
- shakespeare first editions forgeries first editions
Termos da venda
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Sobre o Vendedor
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
Sobre Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
Glossário
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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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
