The Greatest Book in the World and Other Papers
by A. Edward NEWTON
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
UK 1st Edition / 1st Printing, 1925. Colour frontispiece + black/white photographic plates (and occasional text illustrations). Very Good condition, with no inscriptions. In scarce original dustwrapper which is not price clipped (Published price Twenty Shillings). The dustwrapper has edge tears with minor loss, mainly to the folds. A nice copy in a protected wrapper.
Chapters include :
"The greatest book in the world."
The ghosts of Gough square.
Shakespeare and the "Old Vic".
Dialogue between father and son.
"Change cars at Paoli."
A royal book-collector.
A "divine" and his works.
London in the eighteen-eighties.
Are comparisons odious?
Colored-plate books.
Sporting-books.
Skinner street news.
The greatest little book in the world.
The last of his race.
A. Edward Newton is already well-known for his "The Amenities of Book Collecting," "A Magnificent Farce," and "Doctor Johnson," his play in which eighteenth century men and women live again. "The Greatest Book in the World and other Papers," deals in part with the interests and joys of book-collecting. "The Greatest Book" is, of course, the Bible, and Mr. Newton knows all the rare editions. Certain chapters are devoted to the fascinations of colour plate books and of sporting books. The chapter on the Godwin-Wollstonecraft-Shelley group will find especially eager readers at this time when new works on Shelley and Keats are being read. Other chapters treat with enthusiasm London shows in the "eighties," Gilbert and Sullivan, and popular songs. Books about Books, Essay, Literature.
Chapters include :
"The greatest book in the world."
The ghosts of Gough square.
Shakespeare and the "Old Vic".
Dialogue between father and son.
"Change cars at Paoli."
A royal book-collector.
A "divine" and his works.
London in the eighteen-eighties.
Are comparisons odious?
Colored-plate books.
Sporting-books.
Skinner street news.
The greatest little book in the world.
The last of his race.
A. Edward Newton is already well-known for his "The Amenities of Book Collecting," "A Magnificent Farce," and "Doctor Johnson," his play in which eighteenth century men and women live again. "The Greatest Book in the World and other Papers," deals in part with the interests and joys of book-collecting. "The Greatest Book" is, of course, the Bible, and Mr. Newton knows all the rare editions. Certain chapters are devoted to the fascinations of colour plate books and of sporting books. The chapter on the Godwin-Wollstonecraft-Shelley group will find especially eager readers at this time when new works on Shelley and Keats are being read. Other chapters treat with enthusiasm London shows in the "eighties," Gilbert and Sullivan, and popular songs. Books about Books, Essay, Literature.
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- Bookseller
- Itchen Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 816
- Title
- The Greatest Book in the World and Other Papers
- Author
- A. Edward NEWTON
- Format/Binding
- Original maroon boards, lettered in gilt to the spine. Top page edges red. In unclipped dustwrapper.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition / 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1925
- Pages
- 451
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Bibliophile ; Bibliography ; Book Collecting ; Rare Books ; Fine Books ;
Terms of Sale
Itchen Books
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Itchen Books
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Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
About Itchen Books
20th Century first editions with some older items. Specialist areas of interest include Russian literature, Irish literature.
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