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The Wild Knight and Other Poems.
by G.K.CHESTERTON
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Grant Richards, London, 1900. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. viii + 153pp. Vellum parchment backstrip with five raised bands and paper covered sides. Gilt lettering to the spine. All edges untrimmed. A touch of discolouration to the backstrip and just a hint of chafing to the board extremities and corner tips. Bookplate of noted bibliophile Simon Nowell-Smith to the head of the front pastedown. Very good indeed. No dust wrapper called-for. The author's second book, containing fifty-seven poems (the final one not appearing in the contents list). Sullivan 2..
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- Bookseller
- Clearwater Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ARC92729
- Title
- The Wild Knight and Other Poems.
- Author
- G.K.CHESTERTON
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Grant Richards, London
- Date Published
- 1900
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About the Seller
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- 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...
- Parchment
- Pages or book covering made from a prepared animal skin. Parchment describes any animal skin used for books, while vellum is a...
- 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....
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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