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Slightly Foxed - but Still Desirable.: Ronald Searle's Wicked World of Book Collecting.
by SEARLE, Ronald
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Souvenir Press,, 1989. First edition, signed limited issue, number 77 of 150 copies signed by the author and bound thus. As noted by the publisher's advertisement, this is "one of the funniest, most entertaining books to have emerged from the brilliantly perceptive pen of the master. No book collector, and certainly no bookseller, can afford to be without it - even the wicked ones". Ronald Searle's guide to the "specialist language" of booksellers is a magnificent and humorous interpretation of terms from the standard ("Extremities rubbed", "Contemporary sheep", and "Disbound") to the more esoteric ("Some worming of the epoch", "Lovingly thumbed by former owner", and "One corner barked"). The trade issue was published in hardback with dust jacket. Folio. Original dark blue morocco, spine lettered in gilt, orange endpapers, top edge blue. With 60 full-page colour illustrations by Searle. A fine copy.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 162008
- Title
- Slightly Foxed - but Still Desirable.
- Author
- SEARLE, Ronald
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Souvenir Press,
- Date Published
- 1989
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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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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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....
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- First Edition
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