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The Unbearable Bassington
by Munro, H. H. ("Saki")
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1912. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 19 x 13 cm. 12mo. 314pp (2) ads. Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering. First edition with 1912 on title page, no date on copyright page, and no additional printings noted. Spine is faded. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Some foxing to the foredges.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Midway Used and Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 68954
- Title
- The Unbearable Bassington
- Author
- Munro, H. H. ("Saki")
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- John Lane, The Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1912
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature/Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Midway Used and Rare Books
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St. Paul, Minnesota
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition 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....
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
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