Harry Dexter White.: A Study in Paradox.
by REES, David
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan,, 1974. First edition, first impression, of this study of the senior US Treasury Department official (1892-1948) and particularly the allegations of Russian espionage which surfaced after the Second World War. Octavo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, red endpapers. With dust jacket. Illustrations in the text. Light rubbing, faint soiling to edges; rubbing and soiling to jacket, chip to head of front panel fold, tears of 35 mm and 20 mm to foot of front panel and flap folds respectively, unclipped: a very good copy in good jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 169944
- Title
- Harry Dexter White.
- Author
- REES, David
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Macmillan,
- Date Published
- 1974
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.