THE DARK EDGE OF EUROPE: POEMS. (SIGNED)
by O'GRADY, Desmond
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good+ in clean, close very good dust jacket, with slight rubbing and slight edgewear. Decent copy. Not price-clipped.
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About This Item
London,, 1967. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.. Very good+ in clean, close very good dust jacket, with slight rubbing and slight edgewear. Decent copy. Not price-clipped. . 8vo. pp 85. Original publisher's brown cloth, lettered gilt on spine. From the working library of the actor Peter OToole (1932 - 2013) with his posthumous bookplate. This small typographic bookplate reads 'From the Library of Peter OToole and was designed by Michael Mitchell of Libanus Press and was authorised by the executors of his estate. Signed presentation from the author on the front endpaper to Peter OToole and his wife, Sian Philips, ""For Sian and Peter OToole and the children, because we all have crawled back from the dark edge of our origins, with happy memories, Desmond O'Grady, Roma 1968-69.""
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- THE DARK EDGE OF EUROPE: POEMS. (SIGNED)
- Author
- O'GRADY, Desmond
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good+ in clean, close very good dust jacket, with slight rubbing and slight edgewear. Decent copy. Not price-clipped.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London,
- Date Published
- 1967
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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....
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