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The Wood Beyond the World
by MORRIS, William; [BENNETT, Arnold]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1895. Cloth. Good+. FIRST TRADE EDITION. 8vo, pp. [2], vi, 250, [2], incl. title page vignette. Original burgundy cloth, spine lettered in gilt. All edges untrimmed. Unevenly sunned and rubbed, extremities bumpedm nicks to heel of spine. Edges darkened. Arnold Bennett's ex libris ("E. A. Bennett"), featuring Minerva in double form, and small 'Myers and Co.' shop label to ffep, hinges superficially cracked. A robust association copy of Morris' early contribution to fantasy and utopian literature. Good+ (Enoch) Arnold Bennett (18671931) was a prolific and popular English novelist, many of whose novels were set in a fictionalised version of the Staffordshire Potteries. Whilst not one himself, 'a disciple of William Morris,' the engineer Arnold Preece, appeared in Bennett's first co-authored play Milestones (1912), written with the American playwright Edward Knoblock.
Synopsis
The Wood Beyond the World is a fantasy novel by William Morris, perhaps the first modern fantasy writer to unite an imaginary world with the element of the supernatural, and thus the precursor of much of present-day fantasy literature. It was first published in hardcover by Morris's Kelmscott Press in 1894.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quair Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2571
- Title
- The Wood Beyond the World
- Author
- MORRIS, William; [BENNETT, Arnold]
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Lawrence and Bullen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1895
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed & Association Copies;
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About the Seller
Quair Books
Biblio member since 2019
Leeds, West Yorkshire
About Quair Books
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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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Association Copy
- An association copy is a copy of a book which has been signed and inscribed by the author for a personal friend, colleague, or...
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