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The Happy Hypocrite, A Fairy Tale for Tired Men
by Max Beerbohm
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine Condition
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
October House, New Fairfield, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition. MAX BEERBOHM. The Happy Hypocrite, A Fairy Tale for Tired Men, New Fairfield: October House, 1955. Octavo, one of 600 copies, pp. 81, 1 (colophon), printed boards quarter-bound in blue cloth with gilt highlighting to spine, top edge gilt, design by Bruce Rogers. Adventures of Lord George Hell. Condition of this book: Fine in a slightly frayed parchment wrapper. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Humour; 1950s; Art & Design. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55467. .
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- Bookseller
- Rarities etc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55467
- Title
- The Happy Hypocrite, A Fairy Tale for Tired Men
- Author
- Max Beerbohm
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- October House
- Place of Publication
- New Fairfield
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Humour; 1950s; Art & Design. Unbranded Max Beerbohm The Happy Hypocrite, A Fairy Tale for Tired Men
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Warwick, New York
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Glossary
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- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Parchment
- Pages or book covering made from a prepared animal skin. Parchment describes any animal skin used for books, while vellum is a...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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