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Beau Brummell
by Woolf, Virginia
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine with No dust jacket as issued
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
NY: Rimington & Hooper. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1930. Limited Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Signed limited edition (No. 55 of an edition of 550). Signed on the verso of the half-title by Virginia Woolf in her characteristic purple ink. Quarter bound in publisher's red cloth over gray boards, gilt lettering on spine, Dwiggins illustration on paste-down on cover, t.e.g. Illustrated with drawings and page decorations by W. A. Dwiggins. Printed and bound by The Printing House of William Edwin Rudge. This is Woolf's celebrated and amusing account of the 19th-century English dandy and arbiter of fashion, and his unfortunate end. Woolf's essay was first published in the Nation & Athenaeum, a British weekly newspaper, on September 28, 1929. This is the first edition in book form. In its original green slipcase with a Dwiggins paste-down on cover. . The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. The slipcase is worn and soiled, and beginning to separate at some seams, but holding. FINE.. Drawings and Decoration. 4to 11" - 13" tall. (iv), 8, (2) pp. Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29275
- Title
- Beau Brummell
- Author
- Woolf, Virginia
- Illustrator
- W. A. Dwiggins
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine with No dust jacket as issued
- Edition
- Limited Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Rimington & Hooper
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- VIRGINIA Woolf, Beau Brummell, Limited Edition, W. A. Dwiggins, Illustrated Book, signed books, First Edition
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
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Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
Round Table Books, LLC lists rare, beautiful and interesting books. All books are described accurately, packed carefully and shipped promptly. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Any book may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.
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- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
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