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Castles in Spain: And Other Screeds
by Galsworthy, John
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Book G: wear to boards and spine, spine mildly sunned, ex libris bookplate on front paste down, mild toning, text clean, binding/no DJ
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. first edition. hardcover. Book G: wear to boards and spine, spine mildly sunned, ex libris bookplate on front paste down, mild toning, text clean, binding tight, last pages of text block uncut./no DJ. 12mo 263pp. 14 essays by novelist and poet, including two on Joseph Conrad. #01423.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1346
- Title
- Castles in Spain
- Author
- Galsworthy, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Book G: wear to boards and spine, spine mildly sunned, ex libris bookplate on front paste down, mild toning, text clean, binding
- Jacket Condition
- no DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- essays, galsworthy, conrad, nonfiction, literary criticism, literature
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About the Seller
Matthew's Books LLC
Biblio member since 2023
Chattanooga, Tennessee
About Matthew's Books LLC
small online used bookstore based in Chattanooga, TN. Little bit of everything, but lots of modern first editions.
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- Spine
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- 12mo
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- Sunned
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- Text Block
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- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bookplate
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