Leeds the Lovely
by Earle, Evelyn Purvis (SIGNED)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1951. No Edition Stated presumed first . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ivan Scott. March, 1951. " This then is the county of Leeds, a county of smug homesteads, wide fertile fields, romantic lakes and woods and towns with quiet streets." Oh, yes, and Lower Beverley Better Books! Foreword by Arthur Stringer. "Leeds was lovely then. It is lovely still." 174 pp. Book has green boards with red text on spine only. Extremities bumped and scuffed, book is cocked, some foxing. Text is mesmerizing. p. 138, p.139 & p.166 have corrections in ink reputedly made by the author. Digital images available on request. SIGNED in blue ink on ffep by AUTHOR. Bookseller's Inventory # 133502.
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- Bookseller
- Lower Beverley Better Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003502
- Title
- Leeds the Lovely
- Author
- Earle, Evelyn Purvis (SIGNED)
- Illustrator
- Ivan Scott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- No Edition Stated presumed first
- Publisher
- The Ryerson Press
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1951
- Pages
- 174
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Terms of Sale
Lower Beverley Better Books
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About the Seller
Lower Beverley Better Books
Biblio member since 2014
Lyndhurst, Ontario
About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
Glossary
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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....
- 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...