Autobiographies: Reveries Over Childhood and Youth and the Trembling of the Veil by Yeats, W. B
- Bookseller: Huey Road Books
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 001824
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Quantity available: 1
- Edition: First Thus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: The Macmillan Co.
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1927
Description
New York: The Macmillan Co., 1927 Brown laid paper covered boards w title label pasted to front. Gray/green-blue spine cover mostly missing, the part extending over the f and rear boards intact. Original endpapers browning, not cracked at joint; former owner's imprint near lower fore edge of ffep. Next leaf states this to be copy #139 of 250, the number handwritten in ink, followed by the signature of Yeats in same ink. Frontis portrait of Yeats at 21, tissue guard browning; other four illustrations present and vg w browning tissue guards. Text block very good; uncut fore edges browning slightly. 477 pages. Photos available if you are interested. Housed in a fine blue cloth-covered doubled-tray drop box with paper label.. First Thus. Cloth and Paper. Very Good. Small Octavo.
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vg : Very Good condition. can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or paper. Any defects must be noted. (defined by AB Bookman's Weekly)
octavo : A book whose page size is approximately 12 inches by 9 inches. 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 cut into eight pages.
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. Also known as the back.
fore edge : The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. Depending on context, may refer to either the text edges, or the board edges.
cracked : In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate, revealing the stitching or binding underneath.
first thus : Indicates that this is not the first appearance of a book in print, but that this is the first appearance in a substantially different format than the true first edition. For example, a first illustrated edition of a book, or even a first paperback release of a book originally published in hard cover.
ffep : Front free endpaper. Generally, the first page of a book.
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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