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Brave and Cruel and Other Stories
by Denton Welch
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1948. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A smart first edition of this collection of short stories from British writer and painter Denton Welch. First edition. A collection of ten short stories, including: The Coffin on the Hill, The Barn, At Sea, The Judas Tree, and Leaves from a Young Person's Notebook. Written by Maurice Denton Welch, a British writer and painter admired for his vivid prose and precise descriptions. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, very smart with the odd small mark to the boards. Original unclipped dust wrapper is sound with light chipping to the extremities resulting in minor loss to the head and tail of the spine. A 2" closed tear to the tail of the spine with the odd small closed tear to the extremities. Sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd mark to the fore edge. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 902T32
- Title
- Brave and Cruel and Other Stories
- Author
- Denton Welch
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1948
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- Brave Cruel Other Stories Welch Cruel
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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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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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Leaves
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- Spine
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
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