Four First Edition Novels by Howard Spring ; The Houses in Between All the Day Long I Met a Lady Winds of the Day
de Howard Spring
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine/Very Good Indeed
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: Collins, 1951-64. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". None. Four first edition novels by Howard Spring following the lives of a series of interesting and compelling characters, in the original dust wrappers. The first edition. Four Volumes. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrappers to all but 'Winds of the Day' which is clipped.This set features four works by Howard Spring, a Welsh author and journalist. This set includes; 'The Houses in Between', a novel following Sarah Undridge, who recounts her one hundred years of life. 'All the Day Long' which tells the story of Maria, a daughter of a vicar and her sisters and gifted brother. 'I Met A Lady' a novel recounting the life of George Ledra, who is sent to Cornwall for his health and to study under a retired professor of Greek. 'Winds of the Day', a story following Alice Openshaw, a servant girl who is who is left without parents at the end of Queen Victoria's reign. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrappers to all but 'Winds of the Day' which is clipped. Externally excellent with minor shelf wear, and a slight lean to 'Winds of the Day' and minor fading to the text to the spine to 'I Met A Lady'. Light offsetting to the endpapers to 'All the Day Long' and 'Winds of the Day'. The wraps are excellent to 'All the Day Long' and 'I Met A Lady' with minor edge wear, minor marks to the rear, and sunning to the spine to 'I Met A Lady'. Very smart to the rest with rubbing, predominantly to the spine, to 'Winds of the Day', spotting to the rear to 'The Houses in Between' and very small closed tears to the head and tail of the spine to 'The Houses in Between'. Internally firmly bound with clean and generally bright pages. Near Fine
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 895Z1
- Título
- Four First Edition Novels by Howard Spring ; The Houses in Between All the Day Long I Met a Lady Winds of the Day
- Autor
- Howard Spring
- Ilustrador
- None
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good Indeed
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Collins
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1951-64
- Tamaño
- 8.5" by 5.5"
- Palabras clave
- First edition Howard Spring Dust wrapper Novels Howard Spring
- Atención
- Puede que se trate de un conjunto de varios volúmenes y requiera de gastos de envío adicionales.
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
Rooke Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2007
BATH, Somerset
Sobre Rooke Books
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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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- Fine
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- Shelf Wear
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- Cloth
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Spine
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...