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1930 Mysterious Wave, Story of the Unsetting Sun. 1st UK Edition by P C Wren
REF: ES1547 / LA350347
£180
€210
$226
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Description
By Percival Christopher Wren
Published by John Murray, London
1930 - First edition - First impression
The true first edition in the original red cloth & not to be confused with the more common imperial library edition in grey cloth.
Hardback in the original cloth binding with the original dust jacket, half title present.
Book measures approx 8 x 5 inches with 400 pages + publishers catalogue.
An uncommon first edition & especially rare with the original dust jacket
measurements
Height:
8 in
Width:
5 in
declaration
Elder Books & Collectables has clarified that the 1930 Mysterious Wave, Story of the Unsetting Sun. 1st UK Edition by P C Wren (LA350347) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being 1930
condition
Few small tears & small chips to jacket at top & bottom of spine, light wear to edges of jacket, the usual even fading to cloth spine & partial fading to boards, name & date to front endpaper, some foxing to page fore-edges, endpapers & the very occasional page.
Overall a good-very good copy with majority of pages clean.
Please note that the dust jacket has a clear removable cover that does show some reflections in images.
additional info
Material:
Origin:
Date of Manufacture:
1930
location
This 1930 Mysterious Wave, Story of the Unsetting Sun. 1st UK Edition by P C Wren is located in Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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