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The Master of Hestviken
by Undset, Sigrid, Arthur G. Chater (Trans)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good +
- Seller
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Naas, Kildare, Ireland
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1934. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Printing. This is a true first edition, first printing (first impression). with 'First Published in 1934' and no additional printings on copyright page meeting the first edition criteria for this publisher. Seldom found in the original dust jacket which is present and in very good condition with closed tears to the spine some chipping to the spine, not price clipped. Contains the full tetralogy 'The Axe,The Snake Pit, In the Wilderness and The Son Avenger' . Very uncommon edition from the Nobel prize winner in its original jacket..
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- Bookseller
- Kelleher Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013867
- Title
- The Master of Hestviken
- Author
- Undset, Sigrid, Arthur G. Chater (Trans)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Cassell & Company, Limited
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1934
- Keywords
- The Master of Hestviken, first edition, Undset, Sigrid, Arthur G. Chater (Trans)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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About the Seller
Kelleher Rare Books
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Naas, Kildare
About Kelleher Rare Books
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- 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....
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