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The Budding Morrow
by BELL, Adrian
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Good +
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
London: John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good +/Good +. Asgen Scott (dust jacket). 12mo. Pp. 170. Blue cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Color somewhat faded from the cover spine and edges and head edge lightly dust-soiled, binding tight and leaves crisp. In the three color illustrated dust jacket with price 7s 6d intact on the front flap. Jacket spine chipped, a 2 x 1/2 inch chip at the top edge of the front panel. The Suffolk farmer-novelist reflects on family, husbandry and home in an "eternal England." Type simply and beautifully set in Eric Gill's Perpetua. Dust jacket, with a charming floral design by Asgen Scott, is now preserved in a removable, clear archival sleeve.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6189
- Title
- The Budding Morrow
- Author
- BELL, Adrian
- Illustrator
- Asgen Scott (dust jacket)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1946
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About the Seller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books was established in 1996 as a natural progression of proprietor Jeffrey Long's historical and bibliophilic interests. We are located in West Seattle and can be visited by appointment only.
Glossary
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- 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....
- 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...
- 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.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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