The Cocktail Party. A Comedy. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
by ELIOT T.S
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Faber,, [1950]. 8vo., First Edition, First Issue; green cloth, gilt back, boards faded at lower edges else a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly browned, age-soiled and moderately sunned at backstrip. First issue with misprint on p.29. Gallup, A55a.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49092
- Title
- The Cocktail Party. A Comedy. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
- Author
- ELIOT T.S
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Faber,
- Date Published
- [1950]
- Keywords
- modern first editions, modern firsts, eliot, ts eliot, thomas stearns eliot, plays
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Island Books
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- 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...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...