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Tarka the Otter. His Joyful Water-Life & Death in the Country of the Two Rivers. With an introduction by John Fortescue.
by HENRY WILLIAMSON
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
G.P.Putnam's Sons, London, 1927. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition, one of 1,000 deluxe large paper copies which were issued simultaneously with the standard trade edition. Royal 8vo. xii, 255pp. Quarter tan buckram with cloth-covered sides and a gilt lettered and bordered leather spine label, the latter lightly chafed in places. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. The title page printed in brown and black. Free endpapers lightly browned and with just a hint of browning to the margins of the terminal leaf, and a little spotting to the pastedowns. The front hinge has been professionally reinforced yet this remains a quite excellently preserved copy, with virtually no trace of the usual discolouration to the tan buckram backstrip. No dust wrapper called for, but housed is a custom-made slipcase. Laid-in is a copy of the Henry Williamson Society reprint of the original pre-publication prospectus and order form for the deluxe signed edition of 100 copies..
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- Bookseller
- Clearwater Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BC17279
- Title
- Tarka the Otter. His Joyful Water-Life & Death in the Country of the Two Rivers. With an introduction by John Fortescue.
- Author
- HENRY WILLIAMSON
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- G.P.Putnam's Sons, London
- Date Published
- 1927
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- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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