The Lamp
by CHURCH, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Stockport, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1946. Hardback. First Edition, 1946. Condition: Near Fine. VG book in clean fresh red buckram covers with gilt titles to spine. Internally fine and free of inscriptions; binding tight; no foxing. The dust jacket is very good and not price clipped, two closed tears; very slight sunning to spine. A crisp copy. Published: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1946
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roy Turner Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5544
- Title
- The Lamp
- Author
- CHURCH, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd
- Date Published
- 1946
Terms of Sale
Roy Turner Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Roy Turner Books
Biblio member since 2017
Stockport, Cheshire
About Roy Turner Books
With more than thirty years' experience of collecting literary first editions, I specialise in the areas of both contemporary and earlier fiction, poetry, drama and children's books with particular emphases on signed modern firsts, authors' first and early published books, American and Irish literature and literary prize-winning writers.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
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