A Shropshire Lad.
by HOUSMAN, A. E
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: The Richards Press Ltd,, 1930. And malt does more than Milton can, To justify God's ways to man Signed by the author on the half-title. Copies of A Shropshire Lad, first published in 1896, are rarely found signed. This was the work that brought Housman public acclaim. Though not an instant success, the little volume's celebration of English rural life and landscapes gradually won a large audience in "a period of war, uneasy peace, and rapid social change" (ODNB). Grant Richards published the second edition of A Shropshire Lad in 1898, and with a few exceptions, he and his successor firm, the Richards Press, have published all subsequent English editions of A Shropshire Lad. Octavo. Original brown cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, decorative leaf gilt-tooled on front cover, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Ownership inscription of one T. P. Lawrence on front free endpaper. Bump to outer edge of rear cover, slight silverfishing and some dampstains to covers, dampstains extending slightly to lower gutters of book block, a little foxing to fore and lower edges. A good, sound copy, still remarkably internally fresh. Carter-Sparrow-White 2 for first ed.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 159762
- Title
- A Shropshire Lad.
- Author
- HOUSMAN, A. E
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: The Richards Press Ltd,
- Date Published
- 1930
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Peter Harrington
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London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
Glossary
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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...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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....
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...