The Untilled Field
by Moore, George
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1903. Famed Irish wit George Moore was a strong influence on James Joyce. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition, a book of short stories. Red decorative cloth binding; gilt lettering on the cover and the spine. Clean text; 420 pages, with 4 pages of publisher's adverts in the rear. Corners are bumped, and the spine has been rubbed and chipped at head and foot. No dustwrapper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002216
- Title
- The Untilled Field
- Author
- Moore, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- T. Fisher Unwin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1903
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature (Irish Authors);
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
We accept checks and money orders in US Dollars. Credit card orders are accepted through Biblio. California residents add appropriate sales tax. Items are returnable for any reason within ten days of receipt (please email or call first before returning item).
About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- First Edition
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