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The Night Climbers of Cambridge.
by SYMINGTON, Noël Howard, as Whipplesnaith
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus,, 1937. First edition, first impression, of this cult classic of night-time climbing on the roofs of Cambridge colleges, which has proved an inspiration for generations of urban explorers. The first impression of October 1937 is very uncommon and much sought after; more commonly encountered is the November reprint. The improbably named author "Whipplesnaith" was in fact a certain Noël Howard Symington, of King's College. Octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in black morocco, spine lettered in blue metallic foil, twin rule to turn-ins in blue metallic foil, blue endpapers, gilt edges. Half-tone frontispiece from a photograph, 27 half-tone leaves printed on both sides. A fine copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 160892
- Title
- The Night Climbers of Cambridge.
- Author
- SYMINGTON, Noël Howard, as Whipplesnaith
- Book Condition
- Used
- Place of Publication
- London: Chatto & Windus,
- Date Published
- 1937
Terms of Sale
Peter Harrington
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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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....
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
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