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South: Aspects and Images from Corsica, Italy and Southern France
por William Sansom
- Usado
- Perto de Excelente
- Capa dura
- first
- Condição
- Perto de Excelente/Very Good Indeed
- Livreiro
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1948 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A superior copy of this first edition collection of short stories by William Sansom. The first edition of this work by William Sansom, author known for his descriptive prose style.An exciting anthology of nine short stories serving as a travel guide to Corsica, Italy, and Southern France. The characters illustrated in this book are entirely fictional. With the original, price clipped dustwrapper. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, lovely. Inscribed by a previous owner to the front free endpaper. The dustwrapper is price clipped and smart with slight shelfwear and chipping to the head and tail of the spine, with tape repairs to the head and tail of the spine internally to the wraps, not affecting the externals. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Near Fine
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 766A24
- Título
- South: Aspects and Images from Corsica, Italy and Southern France
- Autor
- William Sansom
- Ilustrador
- None
- Formato/Encadernação
- Cloth
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Perto de Excelente
- Condição de sobrecapa
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- First edition
- Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Editorial
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Local de publicação
- London
- Data de publicação
- 1948
- Dimensão
- 8.5" by 5.5"
- Palavras-chave
- first editions dustwrapper william sansom short stories dustwrapper
Termos da venda
Rooke Books
Books are sent on approval and may be returned in like condition for any reason within 14 days of receipt. Responsibility of return to be with the purchaser.
Sobre o Vendedor
Rooke Books
Membro de Biblio desde 2007
BATH, Somerset
Sobre Rooke Books
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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.
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.
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
