Shadows on the Grass
by Simon Raven
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Petworth, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Blond and Briggs, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo.. First impression of the first edition. Dust jacket has slight shelf wear only and is not price clipped. Spine is sunned. Pages are clean and binding is tight. Raven's autobiography. Included is a letter from Simon Raven to the previous owner, a literary editor, newspaper cuttings and a review of the book by Timothy d'Arch Smith together with the original typed copy. 1982
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Details
- Bookseller
- Reader’s Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5570
- Title
- Shadows on the Grass
- Author
- Simon Raven
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Blond and Briggs
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1982
- Size
- 8vo.
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About the Seller
Reader’s Books
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Petworth, West Sussex
About Reader’s Books
Market town general antiquarian book shop specialising in literature, travel and history.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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....
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.