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The Sun in Splendour
by Thomas Burke
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1927. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. This is Thomas Burke's first long novel- a full-length, crowded, tremendous novel of London of to-day (1927) A book at once beautiful and sinister; a thing of dramatic incident and swift poignant emotion set against a living, breathing background of north-east London squalor. Book is in near fine condition, with faded spine and slight fade to top of front cover and slightly bumped at spine ends. It is inscribed by Burke, who comments on the fep, " My first attempt at a long novel. Written 1925-6 and serialized in New York 'Bookman' while I was writing it. One installment ahead. MS destroyed.( I assume that mean manuscript). Jacket is very bright, with minimal wear to spine ends and top corners. Price of Seven shillings and Six Pence on front cover flap. Price notations in pencil by bookseller on lep and verso of back cover. A wonderful and rare collectible in fine condition.
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- Bookseller
- Oshtemo Book Sellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000201
- Title
- The Sun in Splendour
- Author
- Thomas Burke
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Constable and Company Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1927
- Pages
- 341
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Oshtemo Book Sellers
Biblio member since 2017
Kalamazoo, Michigan
About Oshtemo Book Sellers
Rare finds with an emphasis on fiction, art, and signed first-editions. Oshtemo Book Sellers has an eye for quality and quirk.
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- New
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- Jacket
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- Inscribed
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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