SHAPES IN THE FIRE
by SHIEL, M. P
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VERY GOOD+ WITHOUT D.J.
- Seller
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BURLINGTON, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
LONDON: JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD LT. VERY GOOD+ WITHOUT D.J.. PUB 1896. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. FIRST ISSUE WITH CATALOG AT REAR DATED 1896, #29 IN THE BODLEY HEAD "KEYNOTE SERIES" . TRUE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, FIRST ISSUE WITH LIGHT BROWN CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH DULLED GILT SPINE TITLES, TITLES AND DECORATION IN RED ON FRONT COVER, KEYNOTE LOGO IN RED ON SPINE AND ALSO ON REAR COVER WITH "1896", PAGINATION ERROR IN THE TABLE OF CONTENTS, AND 26 PAGES OF CATALOG AT THE END OF THE TEXT. SLIGHT SOIL AND A SOME LIGHT SCATTERED MARKING, LIGHT FOXING TO ENDPAPERS, PRELIMINARY AND TERMINAL LEAVES, A TRACE OF SCATTERED INSECT TRACKING ON THE REAR COVER, AND SOME SHORT BREAKS TO THE CLOTH AT THE SPINE'S ENDS. AN EXCELLENT CLEAN, BRIGHT COPY OF THIS SCARCE AND SIGNIFICANT SHIEL COLLECTION AND EXCEEDING THE USUALLY ENCOUNTERED CONDITION BY QUITE A BIT. A VERY ATTRACTIVE AND EXPERTLY DRAWN BOOK-PLATE ON THE FRONT PASTE-DOWN ENDPAPER IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE MAYAN ICONOGRAPHY. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- COLLECTI013314I
- Title
- SHAPES IN THE FIRE
- Author
- SHIEL, M. P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD+ WITHOUT D.J.
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION
- Publisher
- JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD LT
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- PUB 1896
- Keywords
- FIRST ISSUE WITH CATALOG AT REAR DATED 1896, #29 IN THE BODLEY HEAD, "KEYNOTE SERIES", SUPERNATURAL, STORIES
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JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- PUB
- Common abbreviation for 'published'
- 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...
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.