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The Village Book
by Henry Williamson
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1930. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 8.5" by 6". Henry Williamson. A first edition anthology of the author's writings from 1921 to 1930. A first edition, in publisher's original unclipped dustwrapper, and with photographic frontispiece of the author.Covering author Henry Williams' writing during the nine year period between 1921 and 1930.The work concerns the history of an unnamed fictional village, and is divided into alternating chapters with different headings. The first type of chapter is identified as 'The Spirit of the Village', and concerns the people, personalities and events that combine to create this. The other type of chapter are labelled 'Air and Light of the Village and Sea', and are descriptive and poetic in nature. In the publisher's original cloth covered boards, with unclipped dustwrapper. Externally bright, with bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Discolouration to the front and rear free endpapers. Dustwrapper has some marks, with discolouration to spine. Edgewear, with one small closed tear. Chipping to head and tail of spine panel, with tape reinforcements to head and tale of spine at reverse of dustwrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 774F26
- Title
- The Village Book
- Author
- Henry Williamson
- Illustrator
- Henry Williamson
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1930
- Size
- 8.5" by 6"
- Keywords
- Interwar First World War Anthology Nature First World War
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Cloth
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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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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