THE BOATS OF THE "GLEN CARRIG". Being an Account of their Adventures in the Strange Places of the Earth, after the foundering of the good ship GLEN CARRIG, through striking upon a hidden rock in the unknown seas to the Southward. As told by John Winterstraw, Gent., to his Son James Winterstraw, in the year 1757, and by him committed very properly and legibly to manuscript.
de HODGSON, William Hope
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Ver descripción
- Librería
-
Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
London: Chapman & Hall., 1907. First Edition. Octavo, bright red cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front panel. All edges trimmed. 312 pp. Some light foxing to page edges, a spot of wear to the cloth at extreme lower right-hand corner of the front. In all a magnificent copy, bright & clean, the lettering sharp.
¶ A horror novel written in an archaic style, presented as a true account of the events encountered by a passenger of the ship 'Glen Carrig', lost at sea in the mid-18th Century. Our "second-time-around" with this copy, which was item No. 1 in our 1996 Catalogue "William Hope Hodgson: A Catalogue of First & Early Editions, with Points for Identification & Several Rarities Bearing Inscriptions & Correspondence from the Author" (Published by The Hard Press, Vancouver).
¶ A horror novel written in an archaic style, presented as a true account of the events encountered by a passenger of the ship 'Glen Carrig', lost at sea in the mid-18th Century. Our "second-time-around" with this copy, which was item No. 1 in our 1996 Catalogue "William Hope Hodgson: A Catalogue of First & Early Editions, with Points for Identification & Several Rarities Bearing Inscriptions & Correspondence from the Author" (Published by The Hard Press, Vancouver).
Reseñas
(¡Iniciar sesión or Crear una cuenta primero!)
Detalles
- Librería
- Thompson Rare Books (CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 312426
- Título
- THE BOATS OF THE "GLEN CARRIG". Being an Account of their Adventures in the Strange Places of the Earth, after the foundering of the good ship GLEN CARRIG, through striking upon a hidden rock in the unknown seas to the Southward. As told by John Winterstraw, Gent., to his Son James Winterstraw, in the year 1757, and by him committed very properly and legibly to manuscript.
- Autor
- HODGSON, William Hope
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Chapman & Hall.
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1907
Términos de venta
Thompson Rare Books
TERMS: Prices are net to all. E-mail, telephone or fax to reserve. Payment can be made by cheque, Visa, or Mastercard. All books are returnable within 10 days. Our Website is at www.mjtbooks.com, please drop by and visit us. http://www.ThompsonRareBooks.com
Sobre el vendedor
Thompson Rare Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2003
Hornby Island, British Columbia
Sobre Thompson Rare Books
Michael John Thompson Member of: The Antiquarian Booksellers\\\' Association of Canada The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers All purchases are guaranteed under the ILAB. For more information on this you may visit the ABAC site at: http://www.abac.ca
Glosario
Algunos términos que podrían usarse en esta descripción incluyen:
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...