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Sanctuary
by Faulkner, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Good
- Seller
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Naas, Kildare, Ireland
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Chatto and Windus, 1931. Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Printing. This is a true UK first edition, first printing (first impression) with cloth stamped in Gold to the Spine & four pages of adds to the rear. The date "1931" to the title page to indicate a true first print and no mention of a reprint to the copyright page. Clean pages with light tanning no tears or writing. The boards are clean with no bumping a bit darker to the lower edge. The jacket which is exceptionally uncommon has loss to the corners lower and upper spine. There is a clean closed tear running the length of the spine. Not price clipped with first state price present ( 7s 6d. net) and reviews of his first two books 'Soldiers' Pay' and 'Sound of fury' only to the rear panel..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Kelleher Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004510
- Title
- Sanctuary
- Author
- Faulkner, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Chatto and Windus
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- FAULKNER, WILLIAM,SANCTUARY,FIRST EDITION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Kelleher Rare Books
Biblio member since 2011
Naas, Kildare
About Kelleher Rare Books
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- 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....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- 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...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
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