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The Open Air
by Richard Jeffries
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$42.15NZ$31.60
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About This Item
The Open Air by Richard Jeffries, with an introduction and notes by Samuel J. Looker and wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker.
Hardback, 1948, Collector's Edition/first edition thus, illustrated, published by Lutterworth Press, London, 299 pages.
Measures around 7 7/8" by 5 3/8". No dust jacket. Dark green cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine. Some discolouration to spine. Some scuffing, particularly to rear board. Small signs of shelf-wear, dent at top of front board. Binding firm. Page edges very clean, only slight marking and some scuffing. Upper edges have green hue. Page surfaces very clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.
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Details
- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #BIBLIO-224
- Title
- The Open Air
- Author
- Richard Jeffries
- Illustrator
- Agnes Miller Parker
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Collector's Edition / First Edition Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Lutterworth Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1948
- Pages
- 299
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
GN Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
About GN Books and Prints
Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
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- Cloth
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- Marginalia
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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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
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