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The Country House
by GALSWORTHY, John
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- A worn spot on outer front joint, wear at ends of spine, front cover a bit bowed, front inner hinge cracked
- Seller
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Ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Heinemann, 1907. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. A worn spot on outer front joint, wear at ends of spine, front cover a bit bowed, front inner hinge cracked. 8vo. Original green cloth, lettered in gilt. First edition, first issue (with blind stamp in corner of back cover). Presentation copy to a very good friend, the foremost theatre critic of the day, inscribed by Galsworthy on the front free endpaper: "March 1.07 [publication day was March 2]. William Archer with the Author's regards." Bookplate of Estelle Doheny (faint offset touching part of inscription). Marrot, pp. 12-13. (BA).
Synopsis
The year was 1891, the month October, the day Monday. In the dark outside the railway-station at Worsted Skeynes Mr. Horace Pendyce's omnibus, his brougham, his luggage-cart, monopolised space. The face of Mr. Horace Pendyce's coachman monopolised the light of the solitary station lantern. Rosy-gilled, with fat close-clipped grey whiskers and inscrutably pursed lips, it presided high up in the easterly air like an emblem of the feudal system.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Riverrun Books & Manuscripts
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 409383
- Title
- The Country House
- Author
- GALSWORTHY, John
- Book Condition
- Used - A worn spot on outer front joint, wear at ends of spine, front cover a bit bowed, front inner hinge cracked
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- From the Bart Auerbach Collection
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1907
- Keywords
- Bart Auerbach
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Offset
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- Cloth
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- Bookplate
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- 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,...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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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