The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp
by W.H. Davies
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Jonathan Cape, 1945. Hardcover. Good. 1945. Reprinted. 318 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Minor dog-eared corners. Slight cracking to gutters of a few pages. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light staining to rear board and spine. Mild tanning to spine and edges.
Synopsis
A popular yet idiosyncratic poet, W. H. DAVIES (1871-1940) first came to notice through his self-published volume, The Soul's Destroyer . He was the author of several works of autobiography including Beggars, A Poet’s Pilgrimage , and the posthumously published account of his marriage, Young Emma .
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Excellent reading conveying a period of time long gone in usa
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1646729704TMB
- Title
- The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp
- Author
- W.H. Davies
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Date Published
- 1945
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Glossary
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 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...