The Heart of a Peacock
by Carr, Emily
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- very good
- Seller
-
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1953. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. xv,234pp. Octavo. Original brown cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated with B/W sketches. Previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper, otherwise textblock is clean and tight. Very slight rippling on the bottom of the text block. Minor shelfwear. Pictorial dust jacket has chipping along and spine tiips. very good Emily Carr, westcoast artist, shows her talent as a writer in this collection of unpublished writings about her interests. All line drawings are by Carr. 1953
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 141284
- Title
- The Heart of a Peacock
- Author
- Carr, Emily
- Format/Binding
- Undetermined
- Book Condition
- Used - very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- Emily Carr|Art|Canadian|Canadian Art|Canadian Literature|Writings
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Aquila Books
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Calgary, Alberta
About Aquila Books
Aquila Books specializes in books dealing with Polar Exploration, Western Canadiana, Mountaineering, the Canadian Pacific Railway, Early Voyages as well as many other areas. We also deal in antique maps and prints, historic photos, autograph letters, postcards, antique scientific instruments and antique bookcases. Please contact us if you have any questions.
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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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- Jacket
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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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