Beowulf
by Ayres, Harry Morgan, translated and edited by
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good/No DJ
- Seller
-
Southampton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Williamsport, PA: Bayard Press, 1933. Edition Not Specified. Very Good/No DJ. 12mo = 7-9". n/a. Printing Not Spec. Stiff paper covers with a beveled edge. Translator was professor of English at Columbia University. Rare small press edition. Edges of covers have a few tiny tears and creases, top edge of spine chipped. Some very light wear marks on front cover but quite clean. Pages very clean, no marks or foxing inside, edges rough cut, top edge has a tiny bit of foxing, binding tight, one tiny tear at top edge of half title page.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heritage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- F37360
- Title
- Beowulf
- Author
- Ayres, Harry Morgan, translated and edited by
- Illustrator
- n/a
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Edition
- Edition Not Specified
- Publisher
- Bayard Press
- Place of Publication
- Williamsport, PA
- Date Published
- 1933
- Pages
- 97pp
- Size
- 12mo = 7-9"
- Keywords
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Heritage Books
Biblio member since 2008
Southampton, Massachusetts
About Heritage Books
Our bookshop is located in the historic town library building of Southampton, Massachusetts. Southampton lies within the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts with a view of Pomeroy Mountain to the West and Mt. Tom to the North. It is situated between the artistic, vibrant communities of Easthampton and Northampton and the city of Westfield. We have a collection of over 40,000 books with many more waiting to be unboxed and squeezed onto our shelves. The large double-door front entrance will lead you to our main floor where we hold a wide range of fiction and non-fiction titles, as well as a good selection of scarce and rare editions. The original fireplace is surrounded by hardbacks and you can peer out the original nine-foot windows. Take the staircase to the basement and you will find our large children's section and many shelves full of paperbacks. Our physical address is 225 College Highway/Route 10. Our mailing address is 241 College Highway & Clark St. P.O. Box 100 Southampton, MA 01073. The store hours indicated are by appointment only Monday through Friday, and Saturday and Sunday you can stop in. Please call to schedule an appointment if you can't make it to the store on the weekends from 11 am to 3 pm.
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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