My Uncle Silas
by Bates H E
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Buxton, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1953. Book. Illus. by Not Known. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Firm Clean Copy - Reprint Evensford Edition - No Signatures, Inscriptions Or Notations Discovered. Illustrated Line Drawings. Faint Cocking. Green Cloth Hard Cover With Red Gilt Titled Spine - Sun Fading To Spine And Slight Edge Wear..
Synopsis
H.E. Bates was born in Northamptonshire in 1905. He published his first novel, The Two Sisters , when he was twenty. His most popular creation was the effervescent Larkin family about whom he wrote five novels including The Darling Buds of May . In 1973 he was awarded the CBE. He died in 1974.
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Details
- Bookseller
- M and P Books PBFA member (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008372
- Title
- My Uncle Silas
- Author
- Bates H E
- Illustrator
- Not Known
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1953
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Keywords
- Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography and Autobiography;
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About the Seller
M and P Books PBFA member
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Buxton, Derbyshire
About M and P Books PBFA member
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...