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Tales of an Empty Cabin
Wa-Sha-Quon-Asin (Grey Owl)
1936
Lovat Dickson Limited : London
9.5" by 6"
xvi, 334pp.
SUMMARY
A very smart first edition of this work, one of a limited printing signed by the author and extra illustrated, complete with its scarce glassine wrap.
Colour Plates,First Edition,Illustrated,Limited Edition,Publishers' Original Binding,Signed,With Dustwrapper,With Slipcase
Overall Condition: Fine
This book weighs 1.5 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
US Postage: £ 23.99
EU Postage: £ 18.99
European Postage: £ 19.99
Asia Postage: £ 31.99
Worldwide Postage: £ 32.99
DESCRIPTION
The first edition of this work, limited to two-hundred and fifty copies signed by the author, special copy with extra plate reproduced in colour from the portrait of Grey Owl by Sir John Lavery. This number fifty-three. Complete with its original and scarce glassine wrap and housed in custom publisher's slipcase.
Containing a series of stories, forming an ode to a simpler time when humanity was closer to the natural world.
Illustrated with colour frontispiece as well as twenty-seven further full page plates. Collated, complete.
CONDITION
In the original publisher's full cloth binding with gilt to top edge. Externally lovely. Glassine wrap chipped with few closed tears and creasing. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, the occasional leaf left unopened. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and twenty-seven further full page plates. Collated, complete.
Overall Condition: 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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