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Original manuscript: What No Woman Knows.
by SOUTHWOLD, Stephen. BELL, Neil
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode,, 1955 & 1957. The original manuscript, together with the first edition The original manuscript of Southwold's novel, accompanied by the first edition, inscribed by him on the third page: "Original manuscript of my novel What No Woman Knows. Begun Feb. 1, 1955 & finished March 2, 1955. Neil Bell, Brixham, Devon. April 1955." Manuscript: quarto (253 x 198 mm). 494 pages manuscript in black and blue ink to rectos only (either on thin plain paper or the verso of discarded typescripts) in a single neat and legible hand, bound with 2 leaves of plain paper at beginning and 3 at end in plain green cloth with marbled endpapers. First edition: octavo. Original green boards, titles to spine gilt. With dust jacket. Manuscript in excellent condition with just some light foxing to edges of text block. First edition: spine rolled, a little foxing to contents; a very good copy in the jacket with a little fading to spine panel and some nicks to extremities.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 110233
- Title
- Original manuscript: What No Woman Knows.
- Author
- SOUTHWOLD, Stephen. BELL, Neil
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Eyre & Spottiswoode,
- Date Published
- 1955 & 1957
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Peter Harrington
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- Inscribed
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Leaves
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- Rolled
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- Verso
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- Text Block
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- Jacket
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