New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1950. Hardcover. very good. 1st US Edition. 432pp. Octavo. Black cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spine and front cover. Light rubbing to boards and bumping to ends of spine. Clean tight text block with several B/W photographic illustrations including frontis. In dust wrapper showing a B/W photo and with black,yellow and maroon decoration. Chipping and wear to ends of spine and edges. A lovely copy. very good A portrait and collection of information about the celebrated english author. 1950

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Bookseller: Aquila Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 132047
Title: D. H. Lawrence. Portrait of a Genius But...
Author: Aldington, Richard
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - very good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Duell, Sloan and Pearce
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1950
Keywords: Biography|D.H. Lawrence|English Author|English Lit|English Literature|First Edition

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Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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...