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THE WIDOW IN THE BYE-STREET
by Masefield, John (SIGNED)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
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Surprise, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd, 1912. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good+/Very Good. Small Octavo. First issue. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "THE LUCK WILL ALTER AND THE STAR WILL RISE" BY JOHN MASEFIELD ON FFEP without personalization. 97(1)p., (6)pp. ads at rear, bound in bright red cloth lettered in gilt, spine lettering gilt; a very nice clean copy in pale green printed dust jacket with the "First Thousand" and an extract from John Galsworthy. Scarce dust jacket, with minimal chips and light tanning at spine; housed in a custom morocco backed slipcase and chemise. Masefield was appointed Poet Laureate in 1930. He wrote his last book at age 88 before his death in 1967.
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- Bookseller
- Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4443
- Title
- THE WIDOW IN THE BYE-STREET
- Author
- Masefield, John (SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1912
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About the Seller
Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
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Surprise, Arizona
About Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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