UNCANNY STORIES
by SINCLAIR MAY
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Leicester, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Hutchinson, 1923. First Edition. Hard Cover. First UK Edition. Publisher’s yellow and dark brown/black cloth, spine panel stamped in black. 40-page publisher's catalogue "for the Autumn, 1923" inserted at rear, three inserted plates with illustrations by Jean de Bosschere, other illustrations in text, also by de Bosschere. A major collection of supernatural fiction. A VG copy with fading to the dark brown/black portion of the cloth and a small piece of cloth missing from the right hand edge of the rear panel. Some foxing to the page edges. Uncommon in this, the UK first edition
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Details
- Bookseller
- James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 355490714511
- Title
- UNCANNY STORIES
- Author
- SINCLAIR MAY
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1923
Terms of Sale
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
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About the Seller
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
Biblio.com member since 2006
Leicester
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About James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
James M Pickard (Rare Books) is proud to be a full member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA).
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- First Edition
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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- 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....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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