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GHOST STORIES
by Wakefield, H.R
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Good
- Seller
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Naas, Kildare, Ireland
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Jonathan Cape/Florin Book, 1932. Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK edition, True first printing (first impression) with [This Collection First Published, in Florin Books 1932] to copyright page and no statement of reprint. Octavo, pp.288 + [6]-page publisher's catalogue inserted at rear, original gray cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. A very good plus copy in good dust jacket with chipping to the extremities, light wear to corner tips and age-darkening to spine panel, price to spine, clipped front inner flap. Very scarce in jacket..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Kelleher Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013877
- Title
- GHOST STORIES
- Author
- Wakefield, H.R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape/Florin Book
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1932
- Keywords
- Ghost Stories,FIRST EDITION.Wakefield, H.R
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About the Seller
Kelleher Rare Books
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Naas, Kildare
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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....
- Copyright page
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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