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The Old Century
by Siegfried Sassoon
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No jacket
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Old Century by Siegfried Sassoon
Hardback, 1938, first edition, published by Faber and Faber Limited, London, 293 pages.
Octavo/8vo, measures around 8 1/4" by 5 3/4" by 1 1/4". No dust jacket. Grey patterned cloth binding, green label with lettering and decoration to spine. Some marking and scuffing to binding but reasonably clean. Tear along length of outer rear hinge, a little tearing to front outer hinge but spine still attached there, with a little tearing at head and tail of spine also and some creasing. Other signs of wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges, bumped and slightly torn corners. Book has a forward tilt. Binding slack but contents reasonably firm. Page edges browned, scuffed and marked. Some minor foxing to pastedowns and endpapers, occasional foxing throughout. Red lettering to front free endpaper - uncertain of this was printed or if it was stenciled by a previous owner. Some other marking and grub to page surfaces here and there, the odd tear but no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.
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- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #BIBLIO-533
- Title
- The Old Century
- Author
- Siegfried Sassoon
- Format/Binding
- Hardback, cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1938
- Pages
- 293
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
GN Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
About GN Books and Prints
Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Marginalia
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