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A SHROPSHIRE LAD
by A E HOUSMAN
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
LONDON: THE RICHARDS PRESS, 1933 Brown Buckram cloth boards with gilt blocked titles to spine and front, 195 x 120 mm approx. top edge gilt others uncut, viii + 96 pp. 1933 Printing by The Richards Press. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good/ Very Good (Book- no notable shelf wear or soiling to cloth, no previous owner name or insc. A few mild foxing spots to edges of uncut pages. Dust Jacket- a little rubbed with tiny loss at head - up to 4 mm in depth approx. Printed price to spine 3/6. Remains very presentable in a removable proprietary protective sleeve to which a piece of manila paper has been inserted to mask the stark white of the backing paper where loss so as not to offend the eye on the bookshelf. No other notable defects to book or jacket). A very handsome copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 130998
- Title
- A SHROPSHIRE LAD
- Author
- A E HOUSMAN
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- THE RICHARDS PRESS
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- A E Housman, A Shropshire lad, A E Houseman, Poetry,The Richards Press,
Terms of Sale
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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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....
- 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...
- Uncut Pages
- 'Uncut pages', or simply 'uncut', traditionally refers to a book which has not been trimmed by rebinding. Prior to the...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
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