Church, Richard: The Sampler

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Church, Richard : The Sampler

J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1942

the jacket is bit torn and worn. small chips on the spine. creasing. sunned. marked. price clipped. previous owner's inscription. tanning. foxing. tightly bound. Reprint. [P.K.]. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fair

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CHURCH**, RICHARD: : THE SAMPLER

LONDON.DENT,1942.

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UK,slim 12mo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.VG.No owner inscrptn.Publisher's original blue cloth boards with minimal shelf-wear to edges and corners and minimal marking/grubbing to boards.Top edge aged/toned,fore-edge cleaner but still slightly aged and minimally foxed/spotted - as usual/ normal - war-time paper rationing - contents bright,tight and clean with minimal foxing - due in part to chain-laid paper used, made at the Temple Press,Letchworth,GB.Bright,non-oxidised, blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and bright,clean plain white endpapers.UK,slim 12mo HB,1st edn,5-160pp [paginated] includes half-title,title page,to foot of recto of same has small oblong Special Presentation Edition ink stamp. A scarce and uncommon title from this author and particularly this period - low print runs (paper-rationing) and survival rates (air-raids). In the seclusion of a tiny Elizabethan cottage two ageing spinsters are struggling against need and illness; Martha prosaically rearing poultry, while her invalid sister Mary is at work on a new and ezquisite sampler... Richard Thomas Church CBE (b.26 March 1893 – d. 4 March 1972) was an English writer,poet and critic; he also wrote novels and verse plays, and three volumes of autobiography. Please contact seller,because of the light weight and value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,slim 12mo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.
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