MODERN BRITISH AUTHORS: Their First Editions
by Cutler, B. D. and Stiles, Villa (Compiled)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/No Dust Jacket
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About This Item
New York: Greenberg Publisher (1930) 172 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ paper title label on spine. Binding lightly soiled w/ rubbing to rear cover. Spine and edges darkened; light chipping to edges of paper title label. Top edge gilt. Edges of leaves lightly age toned. Pencil notations to page 38 and page 166 w/ a couple of ink check marks on page 37. #278 of 1,050 copies.. Hard Cover. Good+/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.
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- Shoemaker Booksellers
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- 7792
- Title
- MODERN BRITISH AUTHORS: Their First Editions
- Author
- Cutler, B. D. and Stiles, Villa (Compiled)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- Greenberg Publisher
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- LITERATURE ENGLISH LITERATURE GENERAL BIOGRAPHY BRITISH AUTHORS BARING MAURICE 1874 1945 BARRIE SIR JAMES MATTHEW J. M. 1860 1937 BEERBOHM MAX SIR HENRY MAXIMILIAN 1872 1956 BROOKE RUPERT CHAWNER 1887 1915 CARROLL LEWIS DODGSON CHARLES LUTWIDGE 1832 1898
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- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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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