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Testament of Friendship: The story of Winifred Holtby
by BRITTAIN, Vera
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1947. Hardback. Very Good. Eighth impression. 8vo, pp. xi, (1), 442 + colour frontispiece portrait of Holtby. Blue buckram, spine lettered in gilt in green oval panel. Slight lean to spine, pushing to heel of spine. Edges, front and rear spotted and foxed, spine cracked in two places, but binding holding firm. Two newspaper clippings laid in (one by Shirley Williams about her mother, and the second a review of Marion Shaw's 1999 biography of Holtby). Else, clean and bright. In the original dust jacket: spine darkened, creased, nicked and chipped, closed tears with amateur taping to reverse. A sturdy copy of Brittain's memoir of her close friend. Very good/ good+ Finding guidance in Mrs Gaskell's approach to writing the life of her close friend Charlotte Bront�, Brittain also notes another intention of her book: "I hope that Winifred's story may do something to destroy these tarnished interpretations [of friendships of women], and show its readers that loyalty and affection between women is a noble relationship". Brittain handled Holtby's literary estate following her tragic early death in 1935.
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- Bookseller
- Quair Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2382
- Title
- Testament of Friendship: The story of Winifred Holtby
- Author
- BRITTAIN, Vera
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co. Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1947
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- Signed & Association Copies;
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About the Seller
Quair Books
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
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- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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