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Elinor Barley. With illustrations in dry point by I. R. Hodgkins
by TOWNSEND WARNER, Sylvia; HODGKINS, I. R. (illustrator)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
[London]: The Cresset Press Limited, 1930. Hardback. Very Good. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, no. 44/ 350 on mould-made paper (of 380). Royal 8vo, pp. vii, [i], 107, [1] + four dry point illustrations and title page vignette by Hodgkins. Quarter vellum, spine lettered in gilt, monochrome marbled paper boards. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Board edges rubbed, heel of spine bumped, corners bruised. Inscribed by STW in blue ink to limitation page. Else, clean and bright. Lacks the matching marbled slipcase. Very good A very good copy of a gorgeous edition of STW's short story, whose writing, in late summer 1929, left its author "rather breathless" when she "put on a spurt and murdered my husband" (in Harman, 1995) A special edition of 30 copies on hand-made paper was issued simultaneously. 'Elinor Barley' was later collected in The Salutation (1932). Russell & Lawrence Mitchell 9a; Claire Harman (ed.) (1995) The Diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner. London: Virago Press.
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- Bookseller
- Quair Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2470
- Title
- Elinor Barley. With illustrations in dry point by I. R. Hodgkins
- Author
- TOWNSEND WARNER, Sylvia; HODGKINS, I. R. (illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Cresset Press Limited
- Place of Publication
- [London]
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Modern Firsts
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books; Signed & Association Copies;
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- First Edition
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- Vignette
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- 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...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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...
- Vellum
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- Inscribed
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- 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....
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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...
- Title Page
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