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The Rescue : Signed By Henry Moore : Additionally With A B/W Postcard Photograph Of The Artist Signed By Henry Moore
de Sackville-West, Edward & Moore, Henry (Illus.)
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine/Very Good++
- Librería
-
Market Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
The sole UK printing published by Secker & Warburg, London in 1945. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. Number '748' of 850 numbered copies. Publisher's original blue cloth is clean and the gilt titling remains bright. Top edge gilt with others uncut. Light toning and spotting to the extreme page edges due to the quality of the paper stock used. Free from inscriptions and erasures. Some light offsetting to the blank end-papers. The WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good++ condition. Light rubbing to the folds and spine ends. Some light edge-wear with slight fading of the red colouring to the spine. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Six full-page illustrations (of which four are in colour), by Henry Moore. The book has been signed (without dedication) by Henry Moore to the half-title. A melodrama for broadcasting based on Homer's 'Odyssey', with orchestral score by Benjamin Britten. Loosely laid in is a B/W photograph postcard signed by Henry Moore. The postcard measures 15 x 11cm and is in near Fine condition being clean to the verso. Scarce with such attributes. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 2222322244756
- Título
- The Rescue : Signed By Henry Moore : Additionally With A B/W Postcard Photograph Of The Artist Signed By Henry Moore
- Autor
- Sackville-West, Edward & Moore, Henry (Illus.)
- Ilustrador
- Moore, Henry
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good++
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First UK Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Secker & Warburg, London
- Lugar de publicación
- UK
- Fecha de publicación
- 1945
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- Britten, Moore, Rescue, Sackville
Términos de venta
Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
Sobre el vendedor
Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB
Miembro de Biblio desde 2015
Market Harborough, Leicestershire
Sobre Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB
We trade as a family-run internet business in Market Harborough in the heart of the Midlands. We have over 10 years experience of collecting and selling a range of genres, specialising in iconic modern fiction and children's titles. Please feel free to browse our website: www.ashtonrarebooks.com. All items are fully described and if any reasonable discrepancy is noted on arrival to the customer, a full refund including payment for return to us will be made. Items over £250 may be paid for in instalments subject to agreement- however, all books remain the property of Ashton Rare Books until the full balance has been paid. Please contact us at : les@ashtonrarebooks.com if you are looking for a particular title or require further assistance.We are full members of the PBFA, ABA and ILAB.
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- 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....
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Erasures
- Erasures indicates marks where someone has removed bits of text or content from a book. In Book Arts, erasures can also mean a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
