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FORGING AHEAD
de Partington, Wilfred
- Usado
- First
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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New York: Putnam, 1939. The true story of the upward progress of Thomas J. Wise, Prince of Book Collectors, Bibliographer Extraordinary and otherwise. Pp. xvi+316(last blank), frontispiece portrait plus 11 plates, appendix, index; red cloth, the spine and upper board lettered in gilt, top fore-corners bruised; top edges navy, fore-edges uncut; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and silverfished, with several small edge chips and splits, backstrip lightly browned; the upper endpapers offset (from loosely inserted related newscutting); G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1939. First edition. *The first biographical and critical study of Thomas J. Wise, perpetrator of the most extensive series of forgeries in British literary history. Later published in Great Britain (in 1946) as Thomas J. Wise in the Original Cloth..
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- Librería
- Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller
(AU)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 133685
- Título
- FORGING AHEAD
- Autor
- Partington, Wilfred
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- Putnam
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1939
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Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller
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Melbourne, Victoria
Sobre Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller
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Browsers are always welcome, and we are happy to provide personal service when required, including assistance in the selection of gifts for all occasions.
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
