Joan and the babies and I: being certain chapters from the autobiography of John Mainwaring the novelist
de HAMILTON, Cosmo
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1916. [4], 125pp, [1]. Contemporary dark green half-morocco, ruled and lettered in gilt, T.E.G. Very minor shelf-wear. Cloth endpapers, internally clean and crisp. Bookplate of Julie Hamilton to FEP. Inscribed by the author to recto of front blank fly-leaf:' Your book, my darling, written for you with all the best of me & dated on my birthday (the reason of which was to love & serve you.) Cosmo Hamilton. 3rd July 1916. Easthampton. Long Island.' The first American edition of English playwright and novelist Cosmo Hamilton's (1870-1942) idyllic love story, inscribed by the author to his wife. . First American edition. 8vo.
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- Librería
- Antiquates Ltd
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- AQ22122
- Título
- Joan and the babies and I: being certain chapters from the autobiography of John Mainwaring the novelist
- Autor
- HAMILTON, Cosmo
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Edición
- First American edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Little, Brown, and Company
- Lugar de publicación
- Boston
- Fecha de publicación
- 1916
- Palabras clave
- Literature
- Size
- 8vo
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Antiquates Ltd
Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
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Antiquates Ltd
Miembro de Biblio desde 2008
Wareham, Dorset
Sobre Antiquates Ltd
Mail Order and Internet, but in normal times we have an antiquarian bookshop in the Dorset countryside.
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- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
