The Wind and the Rain
by Thomas Burke
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
London: Thorton Butterworth Limited, 1924. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book is near fine with bumping to spine ends and tanning to fep and lep. Very neat ex libris on back of cover. Signed by author on fep, with the notation " my favorite book" Jacket is very bright , chipped on spine ends and front corners, soiled and extensively repaired on verso, but still VG. 7/6 net price on spine under spine notation " An unconventional autobiography full of London humor and pathos " This book is not entirely the Author's personal story, but is a presentation of a series of London scenes and characters, some plain, some colored, by which he attempts to illustrate his struggles as a youth towards beauty. Very rare and fine collectible.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Oshtemo Book Sellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000198
- Title
- The Wind and the Rain
- Author
- Thomas Burke
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Thorton Butterworth Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1924
- Pages
- 288
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Oshtemo Book Sellers
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Kalamazoo, Michigan
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....