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The Provost
de John Galt
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Librería
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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T. N. Foulis Ltd, Edinburgh, 1913. First Thus. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: John M. Aiken. tipped-in colour frontis; titles; lists of chapters & illustrations. 11 further tipped-in plates from water-colour drawings by John M. Aiken. 'The Provost' is an ironic look at the career of a small town merchant and politician. Set in Irvine, Scotland, it follows the life of James Pawkie, the Provost of the title. Starting as a humble apprentice, he progresses to owning his own shop and eventually acquiring a large portion of Irvine. Simultaneously, he begins involvement in local politics with a seat on the town council. Eventually, he is elevated to the supreme position of local power, the Provost, where he uses his position and wealth to manipulate the residents of Irvine to do his bidding. James Pawkie is The Prince his domain. Using a comedic touch, John Galt delves into the issues of use and misuse of power. The Provost, one of Galt's the Tales of the West novels, is heralded as his one true masterpiece. 2 pages of publisher's titles to the rear. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 358 pages. small mark to front cover;. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Endpapers foxed,text block clean. Top edge brown, deckled outer & bottom edges (rough cut). Gilt titles spine, black titles front. brown cloth. Illustrator: John M. Aiken. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Novels; Scottish Novels; Scottish Writers; Scotland; 19th century; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 3948. .
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- Librería
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 3948
- Título
- The Provost
- Autor
- John Galt
- Ilustrador
- John M. Aiken
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good Condition
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Dust Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Thus
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- T. N. Foulis Ltd
- Lugar de publicación
- Edinburgh
- Fecha de publicación
- 1913
- Palabras clave
- BZDB227 Fiction/Novels/Literature/Literary/Scottish Novels/Scottish Writers/Scotland Fiction; Novels; Scottish Novels; Scottish Writers; Scotland; 19th century; Literature & Literary. John M. Aiken Unbranded John Galt The Provost
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
