SHAKESPEARE AND COMPANY
by BEACH, Sylvia:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Faber and Faber. 1960. First UK edition, first printing. First UK edition, first printing. Publisher's original blue cloth with titles in gilt to the spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated with 39 black and white photographs and 5 line illustrations. A very good copy, the binding square and firm. The contents, with the stamp of Peter Weiss (a writer, painter and filmmaker) and Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss (an award-winning costume designer) to the last page, are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has several short closed tears, a longer closed tear to the foot of the spine, a small chip at the top of the rear panel and slight fading to the spine. Not price-clipped (25s net to the front flap). Sylvia Beach's memoir of the iconic Parisian bookshop. This first UK edition was preceded by a 1959 American edition. 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 #
- 25183
- Title
- SHAKESPEARE AND COMPANY
- Author
- BEACH, Sylvia:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First UK edition, first printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Faber and Faber. 1960
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lucius Books
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York, North Yorkshire
About Lucius Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...