Petrus Borel: The Lycanthrope His Life and Times
by Enid Starkie
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Faber and Faber, 1954. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 9" by 5.5". None. A signed first edition of this biography of Petrus Borel. Signed by the author on the day of publication. Petrus Borel was a French writer of the Romantic movement and is credited as foreshadowing surrealism, though he was not commercially successful. In a cloth binding in original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, sound with some rubbing and bumping. Some sunning. Dustwrapper sound with chipping and some slight loss. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Ink inscription from author to front free-endpaper. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MOD1-I-15
- Title
- Petrus Borel: The Lycanthrope His Life and Times
- Author
- Enid Starkie
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Size
- 9" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Biography Petrus Borel Dustwrapper Petrus Borel
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...