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The Allegory of Love (FIRST EDITION. Cecil Harwood's Copy)
by C. S. Lewis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good -/No Jacket
- Seller
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Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good -/No Jacket. FIRST EDITION. The Allegory of Love, Cecil Harwood's copy.On the flyleaf, written in Harwood's hand: "A C Harwood". Dark blue cloth boards with gilt text on the spine. 378 pp. Indexed. The book is dedicated to Owen Barfield, the third of the regulars in the trio that did annual walking tours.The book has wear at the edges and cracked hinges at the half title page and the last page of the index. The text block is tight. Harwood made a few light pencil marks in the margin. Book condition less than very good. Lacking dust wrapper. Full refund if not satisfied. Shelley and Son Books specializes in C.S.Lewis, J.R.R.Tolkien & the Inklings.
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- Bookseller
- Shelley and Son Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 065670
- Title
- The Allegory of Love (FIRST EDITION. Cecil Harwood's Copy)
- Author
- C. S. Lewis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- At the Clarendon Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1936
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- The Inklings, Mere Christianity, Chronicles of Narnia, Screwtape Letters, Owen Barfield, Austin Farrer, J. A. W. Bennett, Nevill Coghill, John Lawlor, Stella Gibbons, Kathleen Raine, Chad Walsh and Walter Hooper, Harwood estate
Terms of Sale
Shelley and Son Books
I offer a full refund if not satisfied as long as the book is returned in the same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Shelley and Son Books
Biblio member since 2005
Hendersonville, North Carolina
About Shelley and Son Books
We specialize in books by and about C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, the Inklings, and their Friends.
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- 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....
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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