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The Harp of Aeolus and Other Essays on Art Literature and Nature
by Geoffrey Grigson
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
George Routledge & Sons, 1948. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1948. First Edition. 160 pages. Cream jacket over green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Book not published until 1948 despite copyright page stating 1947, as errata slip explains. Unpaginated numbered plates to rear. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper. Plates are clean with minor thumbing and foxing. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Gilt is bright. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips and creasing. Jacket is heavily rubbed and marked overall. Spine is noticeably sunned.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1623833124MHP
- Title
- The Harp of Aeolus and Other Essays on Art Literature and Nature
- Author
- Geoffrey Grigson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Routledge & Sons
- Date Published
- 1948
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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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...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- 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....
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