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The Narrow Corner
por W. Somerset Maugham
- Usado
- Capa dura
- first
- Condição
- Good — in Poor Dust Wrapper. Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with creasing to the head of the upper pa
- Livreiro
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Peasedown St. John, Somerset, United Kingdom
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
London: William Heinemann, 1932. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Good — in Poor Dust Wrapper. Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with creasing to the head of the upper panel. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding which is nicked at the head of the spine. Leans slightly. Edges of the text block spotted. Text complete, clean and tight overall if a little age-toned. A nice copy in the right dust wrapper. . First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (blue boards with gilt titling to the spine & upper board) Physically 7½” x 5” (0.8 kg); 293pp; Cover art by Youngman Carter; || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #177742|| Condition:
Sinopse
W. Somerset Maugham was born in Paris in 1874. He began to study medicine in London but quit to focus exclusively on writing. In 1926 he bought a house in Cap Ferrat, France, which was to become a meeting place for a number of writers, artists and politicians. He died in 1965.
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- BookLovers of Bath
(GB)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 177742
- Título
- The Narrow Corner
- Autor
- W. Somerset Maugham
- Formato/Encadernação
- Hardback in Dust Wrapper.
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Good — in Poor Dust Wrapper. Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with creasing to the head of the upper pa
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Editorial
- London: William Heinemann
- Data de publicação
- 1932
- Palavras-chave
- youngman carter fiction novels literature stories story novella shortfirst editions firsts first printings 1st english
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Peasedown St. John, Somerset
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BookLovers of Bath is set in the pastoral idyll of Peasedown St. John in Somerset (God's Own Country) in the south west of England. My wife and I owned the village Post Office until the modern world caught up with us in 2014. At that point I converted the premises to a small book shop, Fact or Fable, with a stock of around 4,000 titles in stock. I've been selling books worldwide since 1997 and rather hope to get the hang of it shortly…
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- 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...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- 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....
