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Rustic Elegies
by Edith Sitwell
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$39.97NZ$29.97
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About This Item
Rustic Elegies by Edith Sitwell.
Hardback, 1927, first edition, published by Duckworth, 96 pages.
Measures 7 1/2" x 5". No dust jacket. Dark blue cloth binding with red lettering on spine and front board. A little fading to spine lettering. Rubbing and scuffing to outer hinges, slight tearing. Discoloured patch to front board. Some scuffing. Signs of shelf-wear. Slightly bumped and torn corners. Binding firm. A little scuffing and marking to boards. Some foxing to page edges but reasonably clean. Foxing to endpapers but otherwise page surfaces clean, no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information.
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Details
- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #BIBLIO-250
- Title
- Rustic Elegies
- Author
- Edith Sitwell
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Duckworth
- Date Published
- 1927
- Pages
- 96
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Poetry
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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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
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