Macmillan & Company 1935. FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, deckled page edges, viii + 371pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, small ink stain to top corner of front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, owner's name & inscription in ink to fep, sl cracking to gutters sporadically throughout) in d/w & removable clear plastic protective cover, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to covers)

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Bookseller: Hard To Find Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 261360
Title: Penny Foolish: A Book of Tirades & Panegyrics
Author: SITWELL, OSBERT
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan & Company 1935
Keywords: first edition anecdotes musings literature contemplations Osbert Sitwell

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Buckram: A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
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...
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....
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...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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...
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...
VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...