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The Vagrant Mood Six Essays
by Maugham, W. Somerset
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Heinemann. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. White/blue calf lined in gilt, leather title label on spine. TEG. Limited edition #82/500 signed by Maugham to the limitation page. Bookplate to fep. PO stamped name has been mostly removed from the the ffep and half title, but stamped name still visible to table of contents, with inked number written below it, and to bottom of p. 101. Minor handsoil to white spine, trace rubbing to spine ends. Housed in publisher's mildly worn slipcase. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24039
- Title
- The Vagrant Mood Six Essays
- Author
- Maugham, W. Somerset
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1952
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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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