Fables
de T. F. Powys
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Very Good Indeed/Very Good
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: Chatto & Windus, 1929. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 9" by 6". Gilbert Spencer. A signed first limited edition collection of fables by T. F. Powys, a nice illustrated edition complete with plates by GIlbert Spencer. Signed by the author to the limitation page.The first limited edition work, limited to 750 copies, of which this is numbered 12.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A collection of nineteen fables by T. F. Powys, including 'The Clout and the Pan', 'Mr. Pim and the Holy Crumb', 'The Withered Leaf and the Green', 'The Seaweed and the Cuckoo-Clock', 'The Ass and the Rabbit', and more.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and three illustrations by Gilbert Spencer.Collated, complete.T. F. Powys is best remembered today for his allegorical novel 'Mr. Weston's Good Wine'. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart, with marks to the boards. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Light marks to the dust wrapper. Wraps are edge worn with small closed tears, repaired with aged tape. Spine is age-toned. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the odd scattered spot. Very Good Indeed
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 854P15
- Título
- Fables
- Autor
- T. F. Powys
- Ilustrador
- Gilbert Spencer
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good Indeed
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Chatto & Windus
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1929
- Tamaño
- 9" by 6"
- Palabras clave
- Fables t. f. powys gilbert spencer clout and the pan t. f. powys withered leaf and the green seaweed and the cuckoo-clock
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
Rooke Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2007
BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Cloth
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