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Llewelyn Powys: A Selection from his writings made by Kenneth Hopkins
by Llewelyn Powys
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/Very Good-
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$29.50NZ$22.12
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About This Item
Llewelyn Powys: A Selection from his writings made by Kenneth Hopkins
Hardcover, 1952, illustrated, first edition, published by MacDonald, London, 318 pages.
Measures around 8 3/4" by 5 3/4" by 1 1/8". Dust jacket is quite clean, only slightly scuffed and marked and has largely retained its colouring, though is slightly worn and chipped at upper spine edge and corners. Red cloth binding, gilt emblem to front board and gilt lettering to spine. A little marking and scuffing but binding otherwise clean. Signs of shelf-wear. Binding firm. Page edges foxed, browned, marked and a little scuffed. Page surfaces clean, with no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information.
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- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #BIBLIO-509
- Title
- Llewelyn Powys: A Selection from his writings made by Kenneth Hopkins
- Author
- Llewelyn Powys
- Format/Binding
- Hardback, cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- MacDonald
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1952
- Pages
- 318
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
GN Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
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Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
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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...
- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- 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....
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
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