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The Islandman
de O'Crohan, Tomas
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Good with no dust jacket
- Librería
-
Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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Sobre este artículo
London: Chatto & Windus. Good with no dust jacket. (1934). Hardcover. Owner's signature. Spine faded. Some staining and marking to boards. Gutters split. Rubbing to ends of spine. 2 1/4" split at tail of rear spine joint. 3/8" tear to cloth at head of spine. 3/8" loss of cloth at bottom corner of front board. ; xiv, 324 pages + frontis + plates. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Translated from the Irish, with an introduction, by Robin Flower. "The book here translated was first published in 1929, and had an immediate success among the readers of Irish. It was the first attempt by a peasant of the old school, practically uneducated in the modern sense, though highly trained in the tradition of an ancient folk culture, to set out the way of his life upon his remote island from childhood to old age." - from the foreword. ; 8vo .
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Detalles
- Librería
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 8774
- Título
- The Islandman
- Autor
- O'Crohan, Tomas
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good with no dust jacket
- Editorial
- Chatto & Windus
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- (1934)
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
Renaissance Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
Sobre Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
