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Graven Image An Autobiographical Textbook
by John Farleigh
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Poor
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co, 1940. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Poor. 9" by 6". None. The first edition of this autobiographical work by John Farleigh. The first edition with unclipped dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout, with photographs as well as examples of etchings and drawings by Farleigh himself and others. This work is also instructional, and informs the reader on several useful aspects of wood engravings such as how to sharpen and hold a tool. John Farleigh was an English wood-engraver best remembered for his illustrations of George Bernard Shaw's The Adventures of the Black Girl in her Search for God. His illustrations for this work have a whole chapter dedicated. In original pictorial boards and held in original dustwrapper. Externally, smart with minor rubbing to the extremities and to the head and tail of spine. Dustwrapper is sound, with loss to the extremities and to the head and tail of spine. Wrap is sunned, with rubbing to joints. Rear wrap is detached at joint where there is a small amount of loss. Some spots to wrap internally. Prior owner's bookplate to front pastedown, Kitty Forbes. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned with the odd spot throughout. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MOD5-F-24
- Title
- Graven Image An Autobiographical Textbook
- Author
- John Farleigh
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1940
- Size
- 9" by 6"
- Keywords
- john farleigh george bernard shaw graven image george bernard shaw
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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