The Wood Beyond the World
by MORRIS, WILLIAM
- Used
- Condition
- VG+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann, 1895. 1st Colonial Edition. Cloth. VG+/No Jacket. Octavo. Red pebbled cloth with black titles.Cancel title page. Volume XXXVI in Heinemann's Colonial Library. Bound up from the Lawrence & Bullen 1st trade edition sheets. This would be the 1st colonial edition distributed in Canada, South Africa and the Antipodes, etc. Some minor staining and soiling and edgewear o/w an almost fine copy with ownership signature to front endpaper. More uncommon than either the Lawrence & Bullen or the Kelmscott Press true 1st edition.
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
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29388
- Title
- The Wood Beyond the World
- Author
- MORRIS, WILLIAM
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Colonial Edition
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1895
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
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.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- 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...
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...