First Person Singular
by Maugham, W Somerset
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No DJ
- Seller
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ELY, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Doubleday, Doran & Co. Good/No DJ. 1931. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo No dust jacket. Black cloth cover with gilt emblem to front and faded gilt lettering and illustration to spine. Shelf wear to corners and edges. Previous owner's 6 line inscription on page after FFEP and a 4 line inscription on title page. x, 299 pages, tightly bound. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- CHARLES BOSSOM (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 142945
- Title
- First Person Singular
- Author
- Maugham, W Somerset
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/No DJ
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1931
Terms of Sale
CHARLES BOSSOM
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged. Please contact me if you have any problem with your order by e-mail charles.bossom@googlemail.com
About the Seller
CHARLES BOSSOM
Biblio member since 2010
ELY, Cambridgeshire
About CHARLES BOSSOM
Charles Bossom has worked in the Book Trade since 1963, commencing at WH Smith Oxford and retiring in 1999 as Regional Manager Central England. The Charles Bossom bookselling business was started in early 2000. We offer a changing selection of old and out-of-print books in a wide range of subjects. We frequently add new items to our stock so visit us regularly.
Glossary
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...