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Democracy
by Shaw Desmond
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
SGD 511.32SGD 460.19
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1919. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 7.5" by 5.5". None. A superior first edition copy of this vivid Near Future novel by Shaw Desmond following a revolution, a smart copy of this scarce work. The first edition of this scarce work, published in May 1919.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. A gripping Near Future genre novel, following a revolution in the U.K. spurred on by the work of a brilliant young Irishman.Written by the Irish author Shaw Desmond, who also wrote 'Ragnarok', 'Chaos', 'World-Birth', and more. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Very light fading to the head and tail of the spine. Dust wrapper is edge worn, with small chips and closed tears, mostly to the spine, with small chips and closed tears to the folds of the fly leaves. Spine is sunned. Light marks to the wraps Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 871P21
- Title
- Democracy
- Author
- Shaw Desmond
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1919
- Size
- 7.5" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Democracy shaw desmond near future revolution shaw desmond capital labor
Terms of Sale
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Books are sent on approval and may be returned in like condition for any reason within 14 days of receipt. Responsibility of return to be with the purchaser.
About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
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Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
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- Publisher's cloth
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Spine
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Cloth
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