HARDBACK, ?REPRINT,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* 15th. Reprint.* Date of Publication: 1926 (1922)* Publisher: William Heinemann.* Binding and cover condition: Dull olive cloth, gilt title to spine & face with impressed ?J.G.? gilt logo to face. Considerable shelf wear to boards, upper & lower edges and to head and tail of spine. Some marks and considerable fading. ACC.* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean and bright. Owners name to half title. Considerable reading wear, no marks to text, some marks to end-papers & to top & fore-edge. Both hinges slack but not detached. ACC.* Illustrations: None, half genealogy missing.* Pages: 1106 pp. text. i pp., blank page at rear.* Description: The Forsyte Saga is a series of three novels and two interludes published between 1906 and 1921. They chronicle the vicissitudes of the leading members of a large commercial upper-middle-class English family, similar to Galsworthy's own. Only a few generations removed from their farmer ancestors, the family members are keenly aware of their status as "new money". The main character, Soames Forsyte, sees himself as a "man of property" by virtue of his ability to accumulate material possessions?but this does not succeed in bringing him pleasure.* An acceptable only reprint copy with considerable faults and no dust jacket.*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1247
Title: The Forsyte Saga, Vol lll.
Author: Galsworthy, John
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - ACC/ACC/ND
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: William Heinemann
Place of Publication: London UK 1107
Date Published: 1926-01-01

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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...
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Tail: The heel of the spine.
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...
Half Title: The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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....