THE SCOURING OF THE WHITE HORSE; or, the Long Vacation Ramble of a London Clerk
by HUGHES, Thomas. (Masefield, John)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Salisbury, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge: MacMillan, 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Doyle, Richard (frontispiece by). John Masefield's copy presented by him to, presuambly close friend and house guest. Inscribed on the ffe "For Ilka/ from/ Constance and John Masefield/ 22nd August 1955" Laid-in is an ANS on letterhead of Burcote Brook, Masefield's home near Abingdon, to same Ilka tahnksing her for a letter and expressing anticipation of her visit. (Also laid in are directions on Burcote Brooke notepaper in a differnt hand, presumably Ilka's). Publisher's blue cloth, pictorially gilt-stamped on front cover and spine, aeg. Spine soiled, extremities worn, binding a wee shaken, a few leaves lightly foxed.
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- Bookseller
- Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008127
- Title
- THE SCOURING OF THE WHITE HORSE; or, the Long Vacation Ramble of a London Clerk
- Author
- HUGHES, Thomas. (Masefield, John)
- Illustrator
- Doyle, Richard (frontispiece by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- MacMillan
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1859
- Keywords
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Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Salisbury, Connecticut
About Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
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Glossary
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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