The Museum of Cheats: And other stories
by TOWNSEND WARNER, Sylvia
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
-
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1947. Cloth. Good+. FIRST UK EDITION. 8vo. Original green buckram, spine lettered in gilt. Bottom edge untrimmed. Spine cocked, pushing to ends. Top edge tanned, others spotted. Endpapers toned, some foxing. Else, clean and tight. A good+ copy of STW's later short story collection.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quair Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2144
- Title
- The Museum of Cheats: And other stories
- Author
- TOWNSEND WARNER, Sylvia
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1947
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Firsts;
Terms of Sale
Quair Books
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About the Seller
Quair Books
Biblio member since 2019
Leeds, West Yorkshire
About Quair Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...