Teamsman. With Wood Engravings by Kingsley Cook. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
by PORTEOUS Crichton
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Harrap,, [1939]. 8vo., First Edition, with engraved title-vignette, numerous wood-engravings and 2 full-page plans in the text; terracotta cloth, backstrip lettered in white, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at etremities and with minor loss (just affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip. Sequel to 'Farmer's Creed'. Cook's engravings enhance this wonderful account of pre-war life in the Derbyshire hill country. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION
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Details
- Bookseller
- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1584
- Title
- Teamsman. With Wood Engravings by Kingsley Cook. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
- Author
- PORTEOUS Crichton
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harrap,
- Date Published
- [1939]
- Keywords
- countryside, topography, derbyshire, derbys., derby, crichton porteous, crichton porteous, topography, derbyshire, teamsman
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Island Books
Biblio member since 2004
Thakeham, West Sussex
About Island Books
Fine and Rare Books at the foot of the South Downs
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.