Unto the Third and Fourth Generation
by Le Pretre, William [Rev. W.H. Cock]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
San Francisco, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: The Houghton Publishing Co, 1933. Hardcover. 224p., hardcover first edition in 7.5x5 inch pink cloth boards in dust jacket; spine panel of casing is mildly and evenly sunned, top edge dust-soiled, foredge flecked with foxing, and ffep bears author's presentration inscription (unsigned, but he has autographed the titlepage using his birth name). The dust jacket, on matte cream stock with illustration in monochrome red, is somewhat edgeworn with a touch of silverfishing. A good to very good copy. Plotline elements suggest this to be a thriller.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 265264
- Title
- Unto the Third and Fourth Generation
- Author
- Le Pretre, William [Rev. W.H. Cock]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Houghton Publishing Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1933
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern first edition; 1930S; Prisons; Maritime trades;
Terms of Sale
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
All books subject to prior sale Major Institutions can be billed. ALL BOOKS ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION OR BETTER UNLESS NOTED. All books returnable for any reason within thirty days of receipt.
About the Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
San Francisco, California
About Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cloth
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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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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....