Leaves for the Burning
by Wall, Mervyn
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Rosscarbery, Cork, Ireland
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About This Item
New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1952. First U.S. Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo, pp. 217, unclipped dust jacket with a few very minor tears and rubbing, now protected in a removable mylar cover, remains bright, original red cloth with gilt lettering bright and clean, interior with very slight toning to end papers, a pencilled price rubbed out on ffep, occasional foxing, principally confined to edges, otherwise crisp and clean, binding tight.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Vivian Art & Antiques (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001728
- Title
- Leaves for the Burning
- Author
- Wall, Mervyn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Publisher
- The Devin-Adair Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
Terms of Sale
Charles Vivian Art & Antiques
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
Charles Vivian Art & Antiques
Biblio member since 2016
Rosscarbery, Cork
About Charles Vivian Art & Antiques
The Book Shed Gallery - open Sunday to Friday by appointment. Antiques, pictures and second hand and rare books especially on the arts, history, biography, travel, horticulture and poetry
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.