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Swiss Essays.
by POWYS, LLEWELYN:
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- Hardcover
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- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1947 1st edition.. Hardback, 8.5 x 6.5 inches. In maroon cloth covers with gilt to spine and gilt ‘ankh’ cross to front. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition. No dustwrapper. Some rubbing to cover around edges and ends of spine. Spine with some fading. Pages tanned with some minor light foxing spots. No penned inscriptions. Stamp to rear endpaper “The Times Book Club.” Else a very good clean and tight copy. 165pp. Illustrated with B&W photo plates. Collection of essays written in Switzerland.
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- Seller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 93190
- Title
- Swiss Essays.
- Author
- POWYS, LLEWELYN:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1947 1st edition.
- Keywords
- ENGLISH LITERATURE LLEWELYN POWYS, Swiss Essays, Switzerland, first edition, dustwrapper, photographs, Europe
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Rubbing
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- Gilt
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- Tight
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- Cloth
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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....
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