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Hedylus.
by H.D. (Hilda Doolittle.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Stratford-upon-Avon: printed by the Shakespeare Head Press for Basil Blackwell, Oxford; and Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston & New York,, 1928 [1929]. First edition, first impression, UK issue, in the orange binding and with no dust jacket as issued. This is the second title in H.D.'s Magna Graeca cycle. The US issue was released on 19 October 1928 in an edition of 520 copies; the UK issue followed shortly on 26 January 1929 in an edition of 775 copies. Octavo. Original black cloth-backed orange paper boards, spine lettered in gilt, pictorial title device stamped in black on front cover. Upper corners gently bumped, spot of wear to lower edge of front cover, edges and free endpapers faintly foxed: a near-fine copy. Boughn A10a.ii.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 165690
- Title
- Hedylus.
- Author
- H.D. (Hilda Doolittle.)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Stratford-upon-Avon: printed by the Shakespeare Head Press for Basil Blackwell, Oxford; and Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston & N
- Date Published
- 1928 [1929]
Terms of Sale
Peter Harrington
All major credit cards are accepted. Both UK pounds and US dollars (exchange rate to be agreed) accepted. Books may be returned within 14 days of receipt for any reason, please notify first of returned goods.
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.
Glossary
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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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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"...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- 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...
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