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Seven Men - UK 1st Edition in original dustwrapper
by Max BEERBOHM
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
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Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
First Edition, First State, on laid paper; original blue diced cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, gilt back. Page edges rough cut. 4pp publisher's catalogue to rear. Very Good+ condition with no inscriptions. In Very Good original dustwrapper, which has a touch of handling wear to the spine panel.
The first British edition, published by Heinemann in 1919 (and preceding the 1920 US Edition). Includes the celebrated story "Enoch Soames". Scarce in such attractive condition with original wrapper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Itchen Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 996
- Title
- Seven Men - UK 1st Edition in original dustwrapper
- Author
- Max BEERBOHM
- Format/Binding
- Original blue boards, lettered in gilt to cover and spine. In unclipped dustwrapper.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition / 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1919
- Pages
- 218
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Enoch Soames
Terms of Sale
Itchen Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged. Refund issued on receipt of returned item.
About the Seller
Itchen Books
Biblio member since 2019
Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
About Itchen Books
20th Century first editions with some older items. Specialist areas of interest include Russian literature, Irish literature.
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- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
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