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After Kilvert by LE QUESNE A. L
- Bookseller: Ming Books
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: un99424
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Fine
- Jacket condition: Near Fine
- Edition: First UK Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Oxford U. P.
- Place: Oxford
- Date published: 1978
Description
Oxford: Oxford U. P., 1978. 233pp. Slight bumping to dj. Loosely inserted is a T.L.S. from the author to James bemoaning the late publication of the book and discussing Salopian matters " We've got no less than ten Oxbridge candidates this year, but a more unpromising lot of spavined hacks you'ld have to go a long way to find, and what little talent there is among them is going to Oxford....". First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
bumping : Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light bending.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
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