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Original Letters from India (1779 -- 1815) with Introductory and Terminal notes By EM Forster
by Fay, Mrs Eliza
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Poor Condition (ex-library)/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Leonard & Virginia Wolf at the Hogarth Press, London, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Poor Condition (ex-library)/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: frontispiece Illustration. 288 pages, indexed, with introductory notes by EM Forster, a facsimile of Mrs Fay's portrait, the original letters from India by Mrs Fay, reprinted from the 1st edition of 1817, and terminal notes by EM Forster. The book bears a bookplate for the Seafarers' Education Service on the front paste down, with an additional informatory plate pasted to the front free end page. There is a circular rubber stamp from the Education Service on the title page. The edges of the text block are age, and have trace of foxing, the end pages are offset tanned, but the main damage, is to the Green cloth of the binding, which is flecked, with some discolouration from handling (mishandling) with rubbing at the head and tail of the spine. "Eliza Fay is a work of art. But she was also a historical character, who wielded and resumed a pen, and from that point of view some brief notes may be acceptable; the reader can be trusted to forget them as soon as he enters her tremendous presence and gazes upon a pre-potent form. (See frontispiece). -- From the introduction page 7 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: frontispiece Illustration. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Sexuality & Gender; Letters; Local History -- India; Inventory No: 0234735. .
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- Seller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 0234735
- Title
- Original Letters from India (1779 -- 1815) with Introductory and Terminal notes By EM Forster
- Author
- Fay, Mrs Eliza
- Illustrator
- frontispiece Illustration
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor Condition (ex-library)
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Leonard & Virginia Wolf at the Hogarth Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1925
- Keywords
- BZDB2 travel, letters, India Sexuality & Gender; Letters; Local History -- India; frontispiece Illustration Unbranded Fay, Mrs Eliza Original Letters from India (1779 -- 1815) with Introductory and Terminal notes By EM Forster
- Bookseller catalogs
- Letters; Local History -- India;
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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