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Mahatma Gandhi (Lacks 1 Illustration)
by Nehru Jawaharlal
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Carmarthen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Calcutta, India: Signet Press. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1949. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Quarter bound with a black cloth spine with gilt titling and decorated paper covered boards. No dust-jacket possibly as issued? . The corners and edges of the paper boards are worn and rubbed, particularly to the corners, o/w the covers are clean ans sound - all hinges tight. Some pale spotting to the page fore-edges - negligible. Internally Excellent with NO Inscriptions or Marks. 171 pages PLUS 26 unpaginated pages of 'Art insets' which are mainly photo-illustrations with some captions/text printed on glossy paper, and a couple of small line drawings in the text. Lacks I illustration near the end (page 150) but I can see no sign of it having been removed? Perhaps a printing error? A very scarce original 1949 publication with the proceeds of the publication at that time, going to the Ghandi Memorial Fund. Published in the year after his Assassination. AT FAULT, as one illustration called for is not present, as noted above. See Images. ; Small 4to 9" - 10" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 119599
- Title
- Mahatma Gandhi (Lacks 1 Illustration)
- Author
- Nehru Jawaharlal
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Signet Press
- Place of Publication
- Calcutta, India
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- Mahatma Gandhi By Jawaharlal Nehru . 1949, A Very Scarce Original 1949 Publication With The Proceeds Of The , Publication At That Time, Going To The Ghandi Memorial Fund., Published In The Year After His Assassination.
- Bookseller catalogs
- India/Burma/Asia;
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Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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About the Seller
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Biblio member since 2006
Carmarthen
About Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Retired Member of the P.B.F.A, and the WBA. In business for 42+ years to date, mainly working from home nowadays, and formerly exhibiting at Major London Book Fairs, and some Provincial ones within reach of the M4! View by Appointment ONLY Please, as I may be unavailable on the day you call. Happy to see customers but they have to be able to squeeze through the book aisles/piles! Unfortunately no wheelchair access. Currently only working part-time.
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- Tight
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- Jacket
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- 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....
- 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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- An abbreviation for otherwise
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Cloth
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