Buy this book on-line ROBERTSON DAVIES : The Table Talk of Samuel Marchbanks. With illustrations by Clair Stewart and a foreword by Sir Norman BirkettChatto & Windus, London, 1951
The first UK edition (first printing). 8vo. 248pp. Red cloth with slightly dulled gold lettering to spine. A little discolouration to the lower edge of the rear board, probably a result of mild damp. Front endpaper lightly browned and spotted, and the rear endpaper a little more so, and with a small area of tanning to the final text leaf. Very good in tanned and dust soiled non-price-clipped dust wrapper, chipped with a little loss at the head of the spine panel and with some further evidence of damp staining to the rear panel and internally. Tiny dealer ink-stamp to the base of the front pastedown. The second of Davies' three 'Samuel Marchbanks' books which gather his pseudonymous contributions to the 'Peterborough Examiner'. Of the three Marchbanks collections Davies produced, only this second volume received a UK publication. Spadoni & Grant A8a.1.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Good 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 ROBERTSON DAVIES : The Table Talk of Samuel Marchbanks. With illustrations by Clair Stewart and a foreword by Sir Norman Birkett. 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 rare books, out-of-print books, libri rari, livres rares and livres anciens. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |