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GLASTONBURY YNYSWYTRYN ISLE OF AVALON
by Webb., Albert E
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- GD++/ACC/ND
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Avalon Press., 1929-01-01. First Edition Thus, 1st.. Hardback. GD++/ACC/ND. Box X29 HARDBACK ""UNCOMMON,"" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date: June 1929.* Pub: Avalon Press.* Binding and cover condition: Light blue-grey cloth covered boards with silver medallion roundel to front, dark blue title to spine and to face. Spine particularly aged & worn with some repaired damage to front hinge. Some marks to front cover. No bumps, minor rubs, no other visible faults. GD* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper, ND.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured book plate to front paste down and dated inscription to ffep. Considerable off-setting to end papers and prelims. Clean, crisp and tight with minimal reading wear, no marks to text. Some slight spotting to page margins and edges. GD++* Illustrations: A number of b/w drawings & maps within text throughout, some full page.* Pages: 104 pp. text. i pp. blank page at rear.* Description: This first edition of Glastonbury, Ynyswytryn, (Isle of Avalon), its' story from the Celtic Days to the Twentieth Century has a chapter relating to the Myths, Legends and Traditions of the area. The history of Christianity from AD 38 as it relates to the town and the association with Joseph of Aramathea, Saint Columba, King Arviragus, St Joseph and many other saints. Obviously the matters relating to King Arthur take pride of place and the Monastery. This is a really interesting early history pre-dates some of the more whimsical modern day myths and legends. * A NEAR VG copy of the 1st. edition with considerable age and wear reducing it to GD. No dust jacket.* 0
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9143
- Title
- GLASTONBURY YNYSWYTRYN ISLE OF AVALON
- Author
- Webb., Albert E
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - GD++/ACC/ND
- Edition
- First Edition Thus, 1st.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Avalon Press.
- Date Published
- 1929-01-01
- Pages
- 105
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Edges
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- ND
- no publisher's date given
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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