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A Christmas Book: An Anthology for Moderns
D. B Wyndham Lewis ; G. C. Heseltine; William Dunbar; Geoffrey Chaucer; William Shakespeare; et al.
1928
J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd : London
7.5” by 4.5”
Xix, 320pp.
SUMMARY
The first edition of this Christmas anthology of poetry, ballads, songs, recipes and stories from the likes of William Shakespeare, Geoffrey Chaucer and many other renowned authors, in the original scarce dust wrapper.
Colour Plates,First Edition,Illustrated,Original Binding,Publishers Original Binding,With Dustwrapper
Overall Condition: Near Fine
This book weighs0.5 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
US Postage:£ 15.99
EU Postage: £ 13.99
European Postage: £ 14.99
Asia Postage: £ 18.99
Worldwide Postage: £ 19.99
DESCRIPTION
The first edition, first impression.
Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and many monochrome vignettes and musical scores by A. C. Harradine.
This volume features an anthology of ballads, songs, stories, carols, recipes and more, selected and edited by Wyndham Lewis and G. C. Heseltine. The volume features work from celebrated authors such as William Shakespeare, Dr Samuel Johnson, John Milton, and Geoffrey Chaucer.
In the publisher’s original cloth, scarce to see in the original illustrated dust wrapper. .
CONDITION
In the publisher’s original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent with very minimal wear. The wrap has sunning to the spine with slight loss to the head, small closed tears to the extremities, and light handling marks. Spotting to fly leaves. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages. Letter to previous owner loosely placed to the front.
Overall Condition: Near Fine Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine- Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed- Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good- Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good- Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under condition
Good Only- Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair- As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor- Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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