Dew and Mildew. Semi-detached stories from Karabad, India
by WREN, Percival Christopher
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Holt, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green and Co. 1912, 1912. Presentation copy. First edition. 8vo. 192x130mm. pp. viii, 424. Original green cloth, title and author stamped in dark green on upper cover, lettered in gilt to spine. Minor shelfwear and very slight rubbing to joints. Foxing, heavy at the beginning and end but otherwise in very good condition. Front free endpaper is inscribed: "To Miss L.E.Shovelier from her respectful adviser, brother-in-law, & guide, the Author P.Wren. May 1914". Dew and Mildew is Wren first work of fiction, a collection of linked but separate short stories (hence semi-detached) of the supernatural at the heart of which is a haunted bungalow by the alarming name of Sudden-Death Lodge.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Voewood Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4045
- Title
- Dew and Mildew. Semi-detached stories from Karabad, India
- Author
- WREN, Percival Christopher
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Longmans, Green and Co. 1912
- Date Published
- 1912
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About the Seller
Voewood Rare Books
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Holt, Norfolk
About Voewood Rare Books
Simon Finch has been a Rare Book Dealer since 1980. He has had shops in Notting Hill Gate, Mayfair and Holt, Norfolk. His firm has handled a wide variety of material from the First Folio of Shakespeare to the wilder shores of the counterculture and everything in between. In 1998, Simon bought Voewood, one of the finest Arts and Crafts and houses and brought it back to life with an eight-year programme of renovation and restoration. Voewood Rare Books, which operates from Voewood, is the continuation for Simon of a long career in the book trade. It also represents an important link with the House. Voewood is always beautiful, surprising, mysterious and perhaps a little disorientating and we aim to bring something of this spirit to the bookshop. Whilst our focus in on the visual arts, literature and the counter-culture, we deal also in a broad range of antiquarian and modern rare books across all subject areas. Our collection can be found here at Biblio and on our website. We are open by appointment and can always be contacted by email.
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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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Mildew
- Mildew is an all-too-common affliction that plagues books and erodes their collectibility, value and preservation. A fungus...
- 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....
- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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