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The Oppressed English
by Hay, Ian
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, Page and Co, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition. Small Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. No jacket. A 'tongue-in-cheek' humorous look at the English, 1917, a comparison of English and American behaviors, the Irish question, Scotland, the Church. Interesting and humorous in its way. Binding of Green ribbed cloth gilt titled on front and spine; very clean with a small (less than half inch) brownish spot near the fore-edge and a half inch whitish mark on the edge itself. Light corner and spine edge wear. Tight and solid sewn binding. Interior is quite clean, pages 64 and 65 have a small brownish mark in the margin, otherwise free from any markings, lightly and evenly toned. . 88 pages. 6.8 x 4.3 inches. Doubleday, Page and Co, Garden City, NY 1917.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014017
- Title
- The Oppressed English
- Author
- Hay, Ian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page and Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1917
- Size
- 12mo - over 6?" - 7?"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ENGLAND SCOTLAND HUMOR
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. Great Britain;
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- Cloth
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- 12mo
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- 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...
- First Edition
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
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