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MAN ALONE
by Horsnell. Horace ( Jimmy )
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Naas, Kildare, Ireland
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom,: Hamish Hamilton, 1940. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Printing. 140 pp. This is a true first edition, first printing (first impression) with 'First Published 1940' to the copyright page and no statement of reprint. In a very good jacket which is not price clipped, chipping to top of spine. Slight fade to the spine of the jacket. tight binding, clean pages, photo of the author pasted to front end page. Signed by the author most probably to his friend Herbert (Bertie) Farjeon [ Bertie from Jimmy 20.3.1940].
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- Bookseller
- Kelleher Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016244
- Title
- MAN ALONE
- Author
- Horsnell. Horace ( Jimmy )
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom,
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- FIRST EDITION, MAN ALONE,Horsnell. Horace, signed
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- 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...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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