The Spirit of Man - an Anthology
by Robert Bridges (compiled by)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG/G++
- Seller
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Lutterworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Longman, 1973. Poetry and prose (some pieces in French) originally compiled in 1916 when Bridges was Poet Laureate to ease the stress of WWI. Often reprinted. This edition with an introduction by W H Auden. Cream paper-covered boards with maroon buckram spine and gilt lettering, unpaginated. Covers have a couple of vey small, light marks and minimal bumping to extremities. Dusty top page edges, otherwise text bloc is clean and tight. Price-clipped DJ has a couple of light marks and nicks and two closed, repaired tears (2cm and 1cm). But overall a VG copy. Ref:082734. Reprint. Buckram/paper-covered. VG/G++. 12.5x19cm.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Church Street Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002734
- Title
- The Spirit of Man - an Anthology
- Author
- Robert Bridges (compiled by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- G++
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Longman
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1973
- Size
- 12.5x19cm
Terms of Sale
Church Street Books
payment with order. Refund if description inaccurate
About the Seller
Church Street Books
Biblio member since 2007
Lutterworth, Leicestershire
About Church Street Books
Second-hand book dealer (formerly in a Diss Shop), with a stock of around 2000 books from modern quality literature to reference, aviation, classics and antiquarian
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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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...