The Guardian of the Threshold
by Symonds, John
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0907132006
- ISBN 13
- 9780907132004
- Seller
-
Belleville, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
stains/foxing to stiff card covers both front & reverse; crease to upper front & moderate wear to external hinges. Binding very tight. sewn binding and "double" end papers both fore & aft. Light foxing to fore edge and top edge. Internal pages are laid paper and mostly clean except for p. 14 which has foxing at the lower margin. From the colophon: "500 copies of Guardian of the Threshold have been printed in a Limited Edition for the Pindar Press of which 450 numbered copies signed by the author are for sale...This copy is number.... " (this unsigned/unnumbered copy then is one of the 50 which ostensibly were used for presentation/review/legal or for other purposes). From the library of English bibliophile and Aleister Crowley scholar Nicholas C. Bishop-Culpeper with his book label/ex-libris affixed to front pastedown.
Inv. # 63807 GOTT* bds 11/2023
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Details
- Bookseller
- Low Brow Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 63807
- Title
- The Guardian of the Threshold
- Author
- Symonds, John
- Format/Binding
- Stiff card wrappers
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition/Limited Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0907132006
- ISBN 13
- 9780907132004
- Publisher
- Pindar Press
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- 1980
- Pages
- 206
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- occult fiction, metaphysical fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Occult fiction;
Terms of Sale
Low Brow Books
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Glossary
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- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...