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Broomsticks and Other Tales
by De La Mare, Walter (SIGNED)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
-
Surprise, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
London: Constable & Company, 1925. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+. Octavo. SIGNED BY WALTER DE LA MARE ON COLOPHON without personalization. ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED BY DE LA MARE ON FFEP WITH 4 LINE POEM DATED CHRISTMAS 1925. LIMITED EDITION OF 278 COPIES. THIS IS No. 60. Beige cloth spine over blue boards, leather label on spine. A Very Good+ copy; internally fine; small chip to label on spine, not affecting title. Top cover corners bumped.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6785
- Title
- Broomsticks and Other Tales
- Author
- De La Mare, Walter (SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Constable & Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1925
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
Biblio member since 2006
Surprise, Arizona
About Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
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Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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