Buy this book on-line GERMAINS ("A Rifleman"),V[ictor] W[allace]: : THE TRUTH ABOUT KITCHENERLONDON.JOHN LANE,THE BODLEY HEAD,1925. ISBN No ISBN.
UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG++/VG++.No owner inscrptn,but a red ink stamped rectangle "WITHDRAWN FROM PLYMOUTH LIBRARY SERVICES" to ffe - absence noted of any other ex-library alpha-numerical markings/stamps to either the bds,body of text and the dw/dj too,dw/dj unclipped (being priced to foot of upper panel of same and to the spine/backstrip also).
Endpapers could bear sympathetic replacement,as free pages of both front+
rear eps are tanned/aged,though both pastedowns unaffected,being protected by dw/dj's inner flaps.Brown paper dw/dj with
black ink lettering,with publisher's adverts+critics' reviews to inner flaps and rear panel,with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no major loss and no major nicks or tears present - 99.9% complete.Top edge coloured red with some light dust-soiling,fore-edges minimally aged with minimal foxing/spotting;contents
bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear readng
creases to any pages' corners - no page-edge tanning or ageing.Bright,crisp,clean,
sharp-cornered,publisher's original red cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped,
non-oxidised gilt letters to spine/
backstrip.An impressed one line border edge to upper bd and a back to back capital letter K within a circle impressed
centrally,towards top third of upper bd.
To foot of spine/backstrip,and immediately
below publisher's name,inexplicably,a 1/5th" horizontal strip is sunned/faded - though there is no commensurable loss to dw/dj to account for the sunning/fading.
12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,ixpp-1-352pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,
8 chapters,appendices(3),an index,8pp publisher's catalogue (with critics' reviews) to rear.Plus,[unpaginated] 4pp blanks,half-title+title pages,quotation+
dedication pages,and a title separator page.
Described hard but fairly and honestly,it
really is an exceptional example,given it's ex-public library provenance and also
it's age.Uncommon title,even more uncommon
with a dw/dj,and in such an excellent state/condition too. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of GERMAINS ("A Rifleman"),V[ictor] W[allace]: : THE TRUTH ABOUT KITCHENER. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres rares, used books, collectables, livres anciens and rare books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |