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RONALD KNOX
by WAUGH, Evelyn:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chapman & Hall. 1959. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very near fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents clean without inscriptions or stamps. Very light spotting to the textblock edges. Complete with the near fine dustwrapper, the red lettering on the spine substantially faded. The upper and lower edges are darkened and a little rubbed where the laminate has receded from the edges. Not price-clipped (30s net to the front flap). Signed by the author in black ink to the title page. The priest, theologian and classicist Ronald Knox, friend to G. K. Chesterton and Hillaire Belloc, appointed Waugh as his literary executor. This biography, written with the approval of Knox (who died in 1957), was clearly a labour of love and joins the same author's study of Edmund Campion (another Catholic priest) as one of his rare excursions into biographical writing. 'His book is not only a scrupulous portrait. It is also a notable contribution to the history of English Catholicism [...]' (from John Raymond's 'Sunday Times' review). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lucius Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20794
- Title
- RONALD KNOX
- Author
- WAUGH, Evelyn:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition, first printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Chapman & Hall. 1959
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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York, North Yorkshire
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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