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Beckford
by Chapman, Guy
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Poor/None
- Seller
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Easton, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937. Ex-Library. Hardcover. Poor/None. Apparent first edition. Orange cloth boards with stains, darkening and sticker residue to spine. Page edges soiled: stamped 'withdrawn' top and bottom, with bottom blacked out. Front hinge cracked. Owner's name plate on front pastedown. Interior unmarked, and contents are good. Library envelope pasted to rear end paper. BOOK INFO: 8 B&W illustrations. According to Hilaire Belloc, 'One of the vilest men of his time, whom vice drove to something like madness.' Or Charles Whibley, 'A courteous gentleman, splendid in prosperity, brave in adversity.' Or the more poignant and useful, himself, 'Not an animal comprehends me.' William Thomas Beckford (Oct 1, 1760 ? May 2, 1844), was an English novelist, a profligate art collector and sometime politician, who was reputed at one stage in his life to be the richest commoner in England. Fonthill Abbey was designed and built for Beckford to store his book collection.
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- Seller
- Quadrant Book Mart
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 8771
- Title
- Beckford
- Author
- Chapman, Guy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor/None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Ex-Library
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Pages
- 365
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About the Seller
Quadrant Book Mart
Biblio member since 2016
Easton, Pennsylvania
About Quadrant Book Mart
The Quadrant Book Mart and Coffee House stocks more than 50,000 carefully-chosen collectible, rare and out-of-print volumes—as well as reading copies—for a broad range of reader interests, including art, architecture, modern firsts, literary criticism, and regional, American and world history. For more than 20 years, proprietors Andris Danielsons and Joanne Moranville have prided themselves on offering titles that are fairly priced and meticulously evaluated for condition. Our brick-and-mortar location stands at the heart of the arts and cultural community of historic downtown Easton, Pa., where we welcome neighbors and new friends to peruse the stacks of books shelved in two stories and lining the dining room of our top-rated coffee house.
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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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