The Hampdenshire Wonder.
by Beresford (J.D.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Sidney, British Columbia, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Eyre & Spottiswood, (1948). . Reissue; originally published in 1911. Red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Patterned end papers. Top edge stained red. Bookplate on front end paper; a very nice copy in a slightly worn dust jacket with a few small internal tape repairs. Introduction by Walter de la Mare. An attractive copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55296
- Title
- The Hampdenshire Wonder.
- Author
- Beresford (J.D.)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Eyre & Spottiswood, (1948).
- Bookseller catalogs
- SFcat;
Terms of Sale
William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
Prices are in US Dollars. Books are guaranteed to be as described. Books may be returned within a reasonable length of time. Paypal Payments are made to: bill@rainbownorth.com
About the Seller
William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
Biblio member since 2004
Sidney, British Columbia
About William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
Established 1976. Open shop in Victoria BC, Open Wed-Sun 11-5. Specialists in weird, fantastic, supernatural,utopian, interplanetary, science fiction and lost race fiction; also rare books, literary first editions, poetry broadsides. Antiquarian maps, charts, views, prints, engravings.
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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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...