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The Celestial Omnibus
de FORSTER, E. M
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- First
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1911. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (19cm). Original pale brown cloth, stamped in gilt on front and spine, top edge gilt; grey pictorial endpapers; [viii], [164], [4]pp; 4pp of publisher's ads at front, list of Forster's works opposite t.p. Bookseller's ticket of W. Heffer & Sons, Cambridge. Straight, tight, and unfaded, though gently rubbed at edges, one or two tiny spots of foxing to prelims and final leaves, overall: Very Good.
Forster's first collection of short stories, largely supernatural and fantastical. With endpapers designed by fellow Bloomsbury member Roger Fry, titled "Practical Culture; Imperial Culture." Includes the "Story of a Panic" about English tourists in Italy, which Forster composed during the trip to Florence when he began A Room with a View. Without dust jacket, as issued. 1000 copies printed. KIRKPATRICK A5a.
Forster's first collection of short stories, largely supernatural and fantastical. With endpapers designed by fellow Bloomsbury member Roger Fry, titled "Practical Culture; Imperial Culture." Includes the "Story of a Panic" about English tourists in Italy, which Forster composed during the trip to Florence when he began A Room with a View. Without dust jacket, as issued. 1000 copies printed. KIRKPATRICK A5a.
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- Librería
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 56644
- Título
- The Celestial Omnibus
- Autor
- FORSTER, E. M
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Sidgwick & Jackson
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1911
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Modern Fiction;
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Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
