THE LAUNCHING OF ROGER BROOK
by WHEATLEY, Dennis:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson. [1947]. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Inscribed presentation copy. Publisher's original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. Undated, as issued, with 'sorsque' instead of 'forsque' on the front panel of the dustwrapper and the subsequent explanation of this on the front flap marking it as a first edition. Coloured map front endpapers. A very good or better copy, the binding firm and square, the cloth and gilt fresh. The contents, with light spotting to the endpapers and closed text block edge are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has a tiny chip at the base of the spine but is otherwise without loss or tears. Not price clipped (12s. 6d. net to the front flap). Inscribed by the author in blue ink on the title page "For / H. F. Fuller / With kindest thoughts / and remembrances from / his old friend / Dennis Wheatley". The first Roger Brook title and Wheatley's first historical novel. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lucius Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21779
- Title
- THE LAUNCHING OF ROGER BROOK
- Author
- WHEATLEY, Dennis:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition, first printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Hutchinson. [1947]
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York, North Yorkshire
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....