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The Infirm Glory (SIGNED)
by WINN, Godfrey
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good,
- Seller
-
Rippleside, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Michael Joseph, 1967. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good,. A sound, clean copy, signed, inscribed and dated by Godfrey Winn on the free front endpaper. Octavo in original publisher's blue boards with gilt title and credits to spine, 396 pages including index, black & white frontispiece photographic plate and an additional 22 pages of photographs. Dustjacket creased and slightly soiled, some shelfwear or insect nibbles to lower edges of boards, top edge lightly spotted. The first volume of a projected autobiography that deals with Winn's appearance as a boy actor in Dame Sybil Thorndyke's Company, the birth of his career as novelist; includes what is regarded as one of the most authentic portraits of his literary mentor Somerset Maugham. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sad Paradise Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1708840
- Title
- The Infirm Glory (SIGNED)
- Author
- WINN, Godfrey
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good,
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1967
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- AUTOBIOGRAPHY ENGLISH STAGE DAME SYBIL THORNDYKE SOMERSET MAUGHAM
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Sad Paradise Books
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About the Seller
Sad Paradise Books
Biblio member since 2005
Rippleside, Victoria
About Sad Paradise Books
Sad Paradise sells quality used, rare and out-of-print books. We are dedicated to excellence in personal service for our Australian and international customers. Sad Paradise Books is an online book shop on the shore of Corio Bay, Australia.
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Biblio
- The Greek root for a variety of words referring to the book, such as bibliography, bibliomania, etc. Also, one of the world's...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
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