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Renunciations
by Wedmore, Frederick
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Savage, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1893. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition. Limited edition, 1 of 375 copies. A collection of three remarkable, naturalistic short stories by a writer primarily known as an art critic. Includes: A Chemist in the Suburbs, A Confidence at the Savile, and the North Coast and Eleanor. Original pink cloth with gilt title to spine and front cover. Bumping and chipping to head of spine. A few small dampstains to front cover. Bookplate of Henry William Poor to front pastedown. Browning to endpapers. Light browning to edges of untrimmed pages. Text is clean and bright. 100 pages. Literature. LIT/070320.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Kelmscott Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34155
- Title
- Renunciations
- Author
- Wedmore, Frederick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Elkin Mathews and John Lane
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1893
Terms of Sale
The Kelmscott Bookshop
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
The Kelmscott Bookshop
Biblio member since 2009
Savage, Maryland
About The Kelmscott Bookshop
Our bookshop is open by appointment only in Historic Savage Mill. We specialize in artists' books, private press, William Morris, and general rare and antique books.
Glossary
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- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
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