A Laodicean
by Thomas Hardy
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Clevedon, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1951. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition and printing of Library Edition. In very good bright blue cloth boards, gilt titles to back strip.The covers are tight and square and clean, very slight wear to corners and ends of spine cloth and slightly shelf-cocked. The blue and white maps of Wessex on both end papers are clean. Top cut edge is tinted dark red; fore and tail edges very lightly tanned. The text block is in near fine condition; tightly bound, straight and unmarked. Excellent for age; looks unread.. No inscriptions etc. In good pale blue plastic-covered dust jacket with navy titles. Spine area is tanned, chipped top edge, with approx one inch closed tear. Not price clipped.
Synopsis
A Laodicean is a novel by Thomas Hardy, published in 1881. Set in the more modern age of that time, the plot exhibits devices uncommon for Hardy, such as falsified telegrams and faked photographs. Paula Power inherits a medieval castle from her industrialist father who has purchased it from the aristocratic De Stancy family. She employs two architects, one local and one, George Somerset, newly qualified from London. Somerset represents modernity in the novel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Clevedon Community Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52435
- Title
- A Laodicean
- Author
- Thomas Hardy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co., Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1951
- Pages
- 481
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- HF
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About the Seller
Clevedon Community Bookshop
Biblio member since 2012
Clevedon, Somerset
About Clevedon Community Bookshop
Clevedon Community Bookshop, co-operatively owned, opened on 31 December 2011 and now has a general stock of approximately 20,000 books. Our bookshop in Copse Road is open Tuesday to Sunday from 11.00am to 4.00pm. The co-operative comprises just over 600 members from around the world and was set up to stop the only second-hand bookshop in our town from closing. The benefit of being a member/shareholder is only social: no-one benefits financially. All profits are used to improve the bookshop and its stock, and, through events, to contribute to the literacy and literary profile of our town. The Bookshop Manager has fifteen years' experience in second-hand bookselling. Email us if you would like to join our co-operative and thus jointly own our bookshop with us.
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- Gilt
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- Text Block
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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- First Edition
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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...
- 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...
- Fine
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