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Heart to Artemis: A writer's memoirs
by BRYHER
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
-
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book/ Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1962. Cloth. Good+. FIRST US EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 8vo, pp. 316. Original orange cloth, spine lettered in gilt, blind stamped floral circular motif to upper board. Top edge orange. Spine ends worn, bumped and sunned, corners bruised. Edges toned, a few marks to leading edges. Signed by Bryher in blue biro to ffep, "with best wishes" and dated in pencil: "17/7/62", with HB 'With the compliments of the author' card laid in. Occasional stains, else, clean and tight. In the original dust jacket: gently soiled, spine ends and corners chipped, worn and creased, joints tender, numerous closed tears, repairs to reverse. A robust copy of Bryher's historically- and socially-minded memoir(s), unusual signed. Good+/ goo+ With a printed dedication: "To the memory of my master, Stphane Mallarm"
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quair Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2480
- Title
- Heart to Artemis: A writer's memoirs
- Author
- BRYHER
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book/ Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1962
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Firsts;
Terms of Sale
Quair Books
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About the Seller
Quair Books
Biblio member since 2019
Leeds, West Yorkshire
About Quair Books
Based in West Yorkshire, Quair Books specialises in modern literary and visual cultures, particularly alternative, different and radical authors/ artists, presses and histories. We hold a small general stock, with a focus on unusual, interesting and beautiful books, as well as significant books in the history of ideas. Find us online at: quairbooks.co.uk; email us on: quairbooks@gmail.com and Twitter: @quairbooks.
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- 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...
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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