The Brass Bottle
by F. Anstey (Thomas Anstey Guthrie)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Minus
- Seller
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Tarrington, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1900. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 5.5 x 7.75 inches (14 x 19.5 cm). Green buckram binding. Darkening and light rubbing to spine, some light marking to boards. Page edges untrimmed. Light foxing to page edges and endpaper, previous owner's name to front pastedown endpaper. Foxing to frontis tissue guard (with light offsetting to title page). Clean text. Binding slightly loose, but sound. First printing of this fantasy about a Genie in a bottle. Filmed in 1914, 1923 and most famously in 1964 with Tony Randall and Burl Ives. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 5.5 x 7.75 inches (14 x 19.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 312
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tarrington Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1180E313
- Title
- The Brass Bottle
- Author
- F. Anstey (Thomas Anstey Guthrie)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Smith, Elder and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1900
- Size
- 5.5 x 7.75 inches (14 x 19.5 cm)
- Keywords
- , Horror_SciFi
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy;
Terms of Sale
Tarrington Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Tarrington Books
Biblio member since 2015
Tarrington, Herefordshire
About Tarrington Books
A family run bookshop located in the heart of rural Herefordshire. Large selection of children's literature, crime fiction, military, history, travel, vintage paperbacks, quality antiquarian volumes & fine bindings. We offer free UK postage on all items and pride ourselves on our safe packaging and rapid dispatch of orders. Browsers welcome by appointment.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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....