These Mortals
by Irwin, Margaret
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Minus/Good
- Seller
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Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1952 Book. Very Good Minus. Hardcover. First Thus - Uniform Edition. 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 Inches. Original red cloth with gilt lettering. Previous owner's name. Foxing to endpapers. Dustjacket has small edge tears and a 1"x 2" piece missing from the back at the bottom edge. Cover of jacket features an illustration of the Cat, the Raven and the Snake from the book surrounded by ribbons and bows. Originally published in 1925, this is the story of the daughter of an Enchanter who defies her father's wishes and inserts herself into the world of humans. It is a parable which examines the paradoxes of human behaviour. 145 pp..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dave Shoots, Bookseller (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013178
- Title
- These Mortals
- Author
- Irwin, Margaret
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Thus - Uniform Edition
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1952
- Size
- 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 Inches
- Keywords
- NOISBN. Fantasy. Parable.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fantasy;
Terms of Sale
Dave Shoots, Bookseller
In case of returns, seller will refund purchase price and initial shipping cost provided merchandise is returned in good condition within 14 days of sale. Payment methods accepted: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, PayPal (to daveshoots@nb.aibn.com), cash, cheque or money order. 20% discount to the trade. Books will be shipped as customer prefers upon receipt of purchase price and shipping costs. PLEASE LET US KNOW WHEN YOU RECEIVE YOUR BOOK. THANKS!
About the Seller
Dave Shoots, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2004
Saint John, New Brunswick
About Dave Shoots, Bookseller
We have been booksellers since 2000. We deal in old and rare hardcovers, primarily non-fiction. We have about 10,000 books in four rooms of an 1820's mansion located in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Uniform Edition
- A collection or series of individual volumes of an author's work bound to match with a uniform size and style. Especially common...