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The Devil to Pay
by Sayers, Dorothy, L
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (in protective sleeve; some chipping both ends of spine); blue/grey clothbound boards (sli
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Victor Gollancz, 1939. 1st. h/b. Very good, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (in protective sleeve; some chipping both ends of spine); blue/grey clothbound boards (slight stain on edges), gilt spine titling; text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked; doner's inscription ffep (Chrismas 1939).. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Being the Famous History of John Faustus the Conjurer of Wittenberg in Germany; How he Sold His Immortal Soul to the Enemy of Mankind, and Was Served XXIV Years By Mephistopheles, and Obtained Helen of Troy
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC133426
- Title
- The Devil to Pay
- Author
- Sayers, Dorothy, L
- Format/Binding
- H/b
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (in protective sleeve; some chipping both ends of spine); blue/grey clothbound boards (sli
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1939
- Pages
- 112
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6"")
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, drama, theatre, Sayers, Inklings, Faustus, Mephistopheles
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Inklings & Yarnspinners
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Maidenhead, Berkshire
About Inklings & Yarnspinners
INKLINGS & YARNSPINNERSA new online bookshop forFIRST & SIGNED EDITIONS, RARE BOOKSA particular focus on:- The Oxford Inklings with their Friends & Influences (C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, Barfield, Williams, Chesterton, Macdonald, Sayers, etc)- Great 20th Century Novelists (e.g. Graham Greene & John le Carré; Anthony Powell & Evelyn Waugh; P. D. James etc)- Great 20th Century Poets (e.g. T. S. Eliot, John Masefield, Walter de la Mare, Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, Stevie Smith, W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender, Dylan Thomas, etc)- Christian Theology (e.g. from library sales)
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- FFEP
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- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
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