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FIRST CHILDHOOD
by Berners, Lord [a.k.a. Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: Constable & Co., [1934].. Blue cloth. Frontispiece by Rex Whistler. Spine cocked, faded and with several pale spots, top edges of boards faded, top and fore-edges a bit spotted and dust-dimmed; just a good, sound copy. First edition of the author's first prose book publication and the first of his childhood memoirs. An excellent association copy, inscribed by Berners to Cecil Beaton on the blank verso facing the half-title: "To Cecil from Gerald (to be read on the Ocean) Jan. 19. 1934." Beaton was a central personality in Berner's social circle, along with Waugh, Whistler, the Sitwells, the Mitfords, Stephen Tennant and Siegfried Sassoon. With the small bookplate of Anthony Hobson on the front pastedown.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCLIT85506
- Title
- FIRST CHILDHOOD
- Author
- Berners, Lord [a.k.a. Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Constable & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1934].
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About the Seller
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Association Copy
- An association copy is a copy of a book which has been signed and inscribed by the author for a personal friend, colleague, or...
- 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...
- 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...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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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