The Open Air
by Richard Jefferies
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Good Only
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: J. M. Dent and Sons , 1920. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Good Only. 7" by 4" . None . Pocket sized short story anthology by Richard Jefferies illustrative of country life, complete with the very scarce dust wrapper for this edition. A collection of essays concerning natural history and rural life. Written by Richard Jefferies, originally published in 1885. Painting vivid pictures of the countryside and agricultural life of Victorian society.Second printing of this edition, originally appeared in 1914. Featuring a coloured frontispiece. Complete with very scarce dust wrapper for this edition, unclipped but lacking the spine. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally smart with minor shelf wear only, lightly chipped to head and tail of spine, back strip darkened; with a minor creasing to lower corner rear board. Dust wrapper with shelf wear and chipping to extremities, complete loss of spine, general soiling. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 824A58
- Title
- The Open Air
- Author
- Richard Jefferies
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Good Only
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1920
- Size
- 7" by 4"
- Keywords
- richard jefferies short stories rural life countryside short stories
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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....