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Letters
by [Larry McMurtry] Virginia Woolf & Lytton Strachey
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Extremities bumped and lightly rubbed, lightly soiled to top edge, dust jacket clipped and chipped, with two small areas of loss
- Seller
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Addison, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Extremities bumped and lightly rubbed, lightly soiled to top edge, dust jacket clipped and chipped, with two small areas of loss, at the head of the spine affecting "Virginia", and on the front panel just touching "V", dust jacket toned, worn and lightly soiled especially to spine and folds. A near fine copy in a very good jacket. LMM-206.
Virginia Woolf and Lytton Strachey. Leonard Woolf, James Strachey and editors. Letters. London: The Hogarth Press, Chatto and Windus, 1956. First edition.
Octavo. 118pp. Publisher's orange cloth over boards, stamped in gilt to spine, original dust jacket.
From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate.
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Details
- Bookseller
- InkQ Rare Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 206
- Title
- Letters
- Author
- [Larry McMurtry] Virginia Woolf & Lytton Strachey
- Book Condition
- Used - Extremities bumped and lightly rubbed, lightly soiled to top edge, dust jacket clipped and chipped, with two small areas of loss
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- Letters, Correspondence
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
InkQ Rare Books LLC
Biblio member since 2024
Addison, Texas
About InkQ Rare Books LLC
Welcome to InkQ Rare Books! Home to the collections of Larry McMurtry; Screenwriter and Author William Goldman; The Ronald K. Siegel Collection of Books on Psychoactive Drugs, as well as books on hunting and fishing, modern first editions, children's and illustrated books, travels & voyages, history, Texana, ephemera, and more.
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Bookplate
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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