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Simpkin, Marshall & Co. Ltd., 1922. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1922. No Edition Remarks. 287 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Contains colour illustrated frontispiece, with other plates throughout. Pages are mildly tanned and moderately foxed, but text remains clear. Plates are bright. Binding is firm. Faint inscription to front free endpaper. Boards and spine have minimal shelf-wear, with mild corner bumping and crushing to ends. Gilt remains bright. Moderate rubbing and scuffing overall, with some noticeable marking also. Label to rear board.
CHATS OVER A PIPE: a tale of two brothers by Glass, James - 1922
by Glass, James
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CHATS OVER A PIPE: a tale of two brothers
by Glass, James
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London: Simpkin, Marshall. Very Good. 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Dark blue cloth. pp 287 + colour frontispiece portrait and 15 other colour plates. Two page facsmile letter dated Christmas, 1923, tipped to front free endpaper. Light rubbing to foot of spine, a very small light spots on covers, VG otherwise. Laid in is a 1929 printed card from the company announcing that Mr. Glass has died. Autobiography of this British businessman (Ormiston & Glass, purveyors of fine leather goods and pens, London). Quite a tale of adventures around the world. Sections on Canada and China, three on Australia. The end of the China section describes torture and execution with dry rice, the early section on his grandfather's Edinburgh describes an auction of old books. The buyers didn't realize it was a falling market, that the love of old books was going out of style (it still is !). ; Octavo .
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Chats Over a Pipe
by James Glass
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Chats over a Pipe: A Tale of Two Brothers
by Glass, James
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Alliance, Ohio, United States
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London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Company. G. 1922. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition bound in blue cloth with gold spine lettering. A Good co py. Former owner's address label, date & address stamps, and book plat e appear on the front endpaper. Name is stamped on the edges of the lo wer page block. Rubs to the corners and along the head and heel of the spine. Small bumps to the lower corners. There is a facsimile letter from the author tipped in onto the front fly leaf. No dust jacket. Col or illustrations by Joseph Finnemore. .
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Chats over a Pipe: A Tale of Two Brothers
by James Glass; Illustrated by Joseph Finnemore
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London: Simpkin, Mrshall, 1922. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Joseph Finnemore. First edition, first printing octavo hardback, blue cloth. 288 pp. 16 colour plate illustrations. Near Very Good condition No inscriptions
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Chats Over a Pipe; a Tale of two Brothers
by James Glass
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HOUSTON, Texas, United States
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BiblioBazaar, 2009-11-24. Paperback. Good.
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Chats over a Pipe: a Tale of Two Brothers
by James Glass
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1922. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1922. No Edition Remarks. 287 pages. Signed by the author. Illustrative beige dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains signed letter by the author with dedication stuck to front free endpaper. Contains black and white illustrations and colour plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Light crushing to spine ends. Minor tanning to spine and edges. Minimal marks to boards. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Notable tanning to spine. Visible rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.
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CHATS OVER A PIPE - A TALE OF TWO BROTHERS
by Glass, James
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Shipton Under Wychwood, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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. Very Good. . no dustjacket, Simpkin Marshall 1922 with letter by author, signed, slight foxing, clean copy . 1922. Hardcover.
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Chats over a Pipe; a Tale of Two Brothers / by James Glass
by Glass, James (1858-)
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Galway, Ireland
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London, Simpkins, Marshall & Co. , Ltd, 1922. First Edition. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 287 pages; Description: 287 p. Col. Front. , illus. , col. Plates, col. Ports. , diagr. 22 cm. Subjects: Glass, William, 1850-. Voyages and travels.
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