London. William Heinemann. 1934. 12mo, 18.3cm, first edition, 181p., colour decorated pictorail endpapers, "The City of Santa Barbara". In publisher full morocco grained green calf, double blind ruled bands, gilt spine and cover title, t.e.g., a near fine copy (hmltds).

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Bookseller: Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC) (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 41189
Title: The Taking of the Gry
Author: MASEFIELD, John
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: London. William Heinemann. 1934
Keywords: english literature, fiction, novels, john masefield, full decorated fine binding

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Morocco: Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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....
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...
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...