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THE CHRONICLES OF RODRIGUEZ.
by DUNSANY, Lord
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London & New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. Second Edition; i.e., First Trade Edition. Second edition", being the First Trade edition, issued in March, 1922, one month after the Signed & Limited Large Paper Issue in February, 1922. Octavo. Blue cloth with gilt titles to front cover and spine. 322 pages. Frontispiece by Sidney H. Sime. Some foxing and browning to preliminary and terminal leaves; small, faint bookstamp from "Betram Smith's Acres of Books, Long Beach California" on front paste-down. Spine panel lightly browned and cloth slightly worn at head & heel of spine panel, rubbed at edges. A very good, sound copy.
¶ Joshi & Schweitzer 1A.20.a.3. - although 1A.20.a.2. - a trade edition which states 'first printed February 1922' is only speculation, and does not exist.
¶ Joshi & Schweitzer 1A.20.a.3. - although 1A.20.a.2. - a trade edition which states 'first printed February 1922' is only speculation, and does not exist.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thompson Rare Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 312871
- Title
- THE CHRONICLES OF RODRIGUEZ.
- Author
- DUNSANY, Lord
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition; i.e., First Trade Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- London & New York
- Date Published
- 1922
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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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
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