News of the World
de Barker, George
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very good, missing d/j, blue cloth boards, gilt spine titling a little rubbed; text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked. Proven
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: Faber & Faber, 1950. 1st. hardback. Very good, missing d/j, blue cloth boards, gilt spine titling a little rubbed; text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked. Provenance: inscribed on ffep by Christopher Fry, the English poet and playwright who died in 2005). 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). George Granville Barker (1913-1991) was an English poet identified with the New Apocalyptics movement which reacted against 1930s realism with mythical and surrealistic themes. He was helped by his editor at Faber, T. S. Eliot, to get a university teaching post in Japan which ended in 1940 as hostilities began.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- IYC121793
- Título
- News of the World
- Autor
- Barker, George
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hardback
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very good, missing d/j, blue cloth boards, gilt spine titling a little rubbed; text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked. Proven
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Faber & Faber
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1950
- Páginas
- 64
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- 1st, poetry, George Barker, Faber, Provenance, Christopher Fry
- Catálogos del vendedor
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9\"\" x 6\"\")
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- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...