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FALL OF MAN
by CROFT-COOKE, Rupert:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Company Ltd. 1955. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Original red cloth with gilt lettering to the spine, in dustwrapper. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean without inscriptions or stamps. There is some mottling (perhaps a light liquid stain) visible to the front board, and a bump to the upper outer corner of the same panel. Minimal spotting to the fore-edge of the page block. The moderately worn, price-clipped dustwrapper is lightly soiled and spotted (recto and verso), with some rubbing, nicks and a couple of short closed tears to edges and folds. Signed by the author Rupert Croft-Cooke in blue ink to the front free endpaper. Croft-Cooke's 1955 novel is a veiled autobiographical narrative in which the main protagonist, Antony Scaw, a heterosexual painter, is victimised by a prudish society. The author had been imprisoned on a charge of gross indecency in 1953 (recounted in the memoir, 'The Verdict of You All' published in the same year as 'Fall of Man'). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lucius Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24399
- Title
- FALL OF MAN
- Author
- CROFT-COOKE, Rupert:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition, first printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Macmillan and Company Ltd. 1955
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About the Seller
Lucius Books
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York, North Yorkshire
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- 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...
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