London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1928. Hardcover, green cloth sans dust-jacket. A sound, internally very clean copy of the first English edition, which followed the American edition by two years. A collection of 12 short stories, all of which were previously published in magazine format. Spine sunned, lightened and slightly cocked and small spot on front board. No name, no book-plate, etc. A good+ reading copy.. First Edition. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 003387
Title: East of Mansion House
Author: Burke, Thomas
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good+
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Cassell & Company, Limited
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1928
Keywords: Fiction, Short Stories
Bookseller catalogs: Modern Fiction;

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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...
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....
Reading Copy: Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
Cocked: Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...