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The Man Who Lost Himself
by Osbert Sitwell
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Duckworth, 1929. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Signed by Author(s). Inscribed by Sitwell on ffep. First edition. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering; papered boards with Art Deco design. Head of spine moderately pushed. Shelf-edge of boards rubbed. Interior clean. pp. viii, 288. Top edge front flap of dust jacket has a couple short closed tears; jacket in an archival mylar sleeve. Osbert Sitwell's second novel. Inscribed ''For / that angel, Jean, / [illegibile] / Osbert.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Boyd Used & Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014164
- Title
- The Man Who Lost Himself
- Author
- Osbert Sitwell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Duckworth
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1929
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Boyd Used & Rare Books
Biblio member since 2013
Portland, Oregon
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- Jacket
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- Good+
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Inscribed
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- First Edition
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