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Domnei : A Comedy of Woman-Worship
by Cabell, James Branch
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good (+)/No Jacket
- Seller
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Hyde, Cheshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd, 1927. previous owner's name and 'who from' inside front board. No other marks and no creasing to covers. Very clean very tight pages with two very tiny marks to front board, very sunned spine, bump to lower rear edge, rubbing to spine ends, tanning to page edges and end papers and no bumping to corners. 218pp. First British Edition. A love story between Perion and Melicent.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good (+)/No Jacket. Illus. by Frank C Pape. 7.5 x 5 inches.
Synopsis
Domnei is an Old Provencal word meaning the attitude of chivalrous devotion of a knight for his Lady. In modern times the word is esepcially known for the use made of it in the title and plot of Domnei: A Comedy of Woman-Worship, a fantasy novel by James Branch Cabell, set in the imaginary French province of Poictesme during the second half of the 13th century.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Godley Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015492
- Title
- Domnei : A Comedy of Woman-Worship
- Author
- Cabell, James Branch
- Illustrator
- Frank C Pape
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good (+)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
- Size
- 7.5 x 5 inches
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About the Seller
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Sunned
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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.
- 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....
- 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...
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