Bensoniana
by BENSON, E. F
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1912. [8] 64PP. Original publisher's soft leather wraps lettered in gilt with blind stamped design to front. Top edge gilt, fore and bottom edge untrimmed. Gift inscription 'To The R from E. e. R. 24.12.18'. Marbled bubble style endpapers, internally bright and clean. A few slight marks to wraps, housed in the original (though repaired) publisher's purple slipcase with the paper title label. Additionally stamped 'Siegle, Hill & Co' on the label, and 'Persian' added in manuscript. Repaired case a little worn and chipped with some fading, though label remains bright. A charming published collection of 'Bensoniana' - quotes from his extensive body of work to date. E. F. Benson (1867-1940) was an extremely prolific English writer, completing over fifty novels, four novel series, short stories, plays, biographies, and other non-fiction works on subjects as varied as golf and grave digging. His last work, his third autobiography, was delivered to his publisher just ten days before his death. . First edition. Square 8vo.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ30096
- Title
- Bensoniana
- Author
- BENSON, E. F
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Arthur L. Humphreys
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1912
- Size
- Square 8vo
- Keywords
- Literature
Terms of Sale
Antiquates Ltd
Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
About the Seller
Antiquates Ltd
Biblio member since 2008
Wareham, Dorset
About Antiquates Ltd
Mail Order and Internet, but in normal times we have an antiquarian bookshop in the Dorset countryside.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...