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The Third Northcountryman: A selection of items broadcast in the 'Northcountryman' programme from the North of England
by WILLIAMSON, Stanley (Editor)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Clapham, England: Dalesman Publishing Co., Ltd, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. L. S. [Laurence Stephen] Lowry. Narrow 8vo. Pp. viii, 95. Frontis. L. S. Lowry drawing of Crowther Street, Stockport. Foreword by BBC Director-General Hugh Carleton Greene. Olive green cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spine: tail of spine bleached, perhaps a production flaw. In the two-color illustrated dust jacket: price clipped, edges rubbed, three short closed tears to the back panel. Forty-one contributions to the popular radio program upon its tenth anniversary, "portraying the Northern scene and its people in a delightfully intimate way." The Lowry street scene features his "matchstick" figures.The charming dust jacket, featuring a three vignettes (residential, industrial, waterfront) done in blockprint style by "Waters," is now preserved in a removable, clear archival sleeve.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5908
- Title
- The Third Northcountryman: A selection of items broadcast in the 'Northcountryman' programme from the North of England
- Author
- WILLIAMSON, Stanley (Editor)
- Illustrator
- L. S. [Laurence Stephen] Lowry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dalesman Publishing Co., Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Clapham, England
- Date Published
- 1962
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About the Seller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books was established in 1996 as a natural progression of proprietor Jeffrey Long's historical and bibliophilic interests. We are located in West Seattle and can be visited by appointment only.
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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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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