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Summoned by Bells
by Betjeman, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Leicester, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: John Murray, 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. First UK Edition. Publisher's green boards with gilt lettering to the spine and blind-stamped with bells to the front board. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR Patterned end-papers. A near fine copy with boards/ spine/ corners all well preserved without any bumping. Top edge lightly dust-dulled but hardly worth mentioning, the text block free of foxing and quite fresh looking, ie, not yellowed. A lovely copy. The D/W is also in near fine condition with a 2cm closed tear to the top of the front panel. Top of spine slightly worn, mostly on the right corner with a 0.7cm closed tear with a tiny amount of loss at the very top (2mm X 2mm approx). Three other corners slightly shelf-rubbed resulting in a tiny amount of loss (approx 1 - 2mm) with an additional nick or two/ small crease to the base of the front panel. None of the usual darkening of the spine and quite scarce thus. Signed by the Author on the half-title page. Quite scarce in this lovely un-touched condition. The D/W is NOT price-clipped. Photographs/scans available upon request.
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Details
- Bookseller
- James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 355490719452
- Title
- Summoned by Bells
- Author
- Betjeman, John
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1960
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
We can personally take Visa, Mastercard and debit/Maestro cards. All books are are returnable if found not to be as described, please contact us first. James M Pickard (Rare Books) is proud to be a full member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA).
About the Seller
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
Biblio member since 2006
Leicester
About James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
James M Pickard (Rare Books) is proud to be a full member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA).
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- 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....
- Jacket
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- First Edition
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- Fine
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