PROSE AT PRESENT A Selection of Extracts from Modern Writers
by Moore, R. W. (Ed.)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: G. Bell & Sons Ltd, 1993. Book. Very Good. Quarter Leather. Third Impression. 12mo. p. vii, 238. Contemporary quarter polished calf binding with gilt lettering to the spine, green cloth covered boards, binding very good with minimal wear only, a little faded to the spine. Top edge gilt. Contents clean and tight, green marbled paper end papers. A very good copy. Includes prose by Coppard, Garnett, Aldous Huxley, E. M. Forster, George Moore, Charles Morgan, Rebecca West, Ernest Hemingway, Helen Thomas et al..
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- Bookseller
- Loe Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014421
- Title
- PROSE AT PRESENT A Selection of Extracts from Modern Writers
- Author
- Moore, R. W. (Ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Third Impression
- Publisher
- G. Bell & Sons Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1993
- Size
- 12mo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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....
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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