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London: George Routledge and Sons, LTD, 1938. First Edition. Good. First edition, first issue binding. Bound in publisher's smooth green cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Good. Covers worn and soiled, lean to binding. Light water staining to rear cover affecting rear endsheet and several adjacent leaves. pages toned, lightly musty, with foxing to prelims and terminals. Former owner bookplate to front pastedown, name and date written to front free endpaper. Rear inner hinge exposed at very bottom. Only about 350 copies of the first issue in a smooth green cloth with spine gilt lettered were issued. The total print run was only 1250 copies and of these almost 900 were remaindered in a second issue binding of coarse green cloth.
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- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140941886
- Title
- Murphy
- Author
- Beckett, Samuel
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Sons, LTD
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1938
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
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