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Unhappy Far-Off Things: Available Copies

New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

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Paperback. Unhappy Far-Off Things, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000

Originally published in 1919, this is the 1924 reprint; Pages 101-104 are scuffed and worn along the fore edge, else textblock clean and tight; Quarter cloth binding lightly character-soiled and faded with worn and scuffed corners and lightly edge-worn boards; Spine titling on decorative paper that almost completely covers the spine, with a small chip along the front edge; The spine cloth at the head and foot is scuffed and worn; Lacks dust jacket; Generally a well preserved copy with aged endpapers; Stories of World War One and its aftermath in France; 104p. Size: 8vo - 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall

VG-/NO DJ, HB, 8vo., 104 pgs. First Edition published in 1919. 12 short stories generated in the aftermath of the "Great War". Board edges with shelf wear. Cream colored papered rear board lightly soiled and with a few small surface abrasions from silverfish. Paper covered front board with large title in black script over orange designed background is clean as is the similar paper covered spine. Text and Prelims unmarked, clean and tight.

Cloth, no jacket, good with wear to tips, slight shelf wear slight toning.

New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000

Red cloth over boards. Gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Spine is tanned. Name and date on front endpaper, a note on rear pastedown. Small, light stain on gutter of pages 6/7. Binding tight. First printing. Lacking DJ.

First edition copy. . No Dust Jacket Minor shelfwear. Owner's name on front free endpage. (personal narratives, France, battlefields)

NO DJ, 1924 PRINTING, OWNER'S NAME.

Illustrated paper over light brown cloth quarter boards, spine and cover decorated and titled in black and white on light orange paper, rear paper cream colored. A collection of 12 short stories. G. P. Putnam's Sons; New York, 1924, 104 pps. Paper wraps show some darkening, and sun toning, chipping and wear, especially to spine, boards showing through corners, light foxing to some interior pages.

A later printing. Minor edge wear and age toning, else very good in printed boards. No dust jacket.

pp. 116

Good condition. (World War 1, France) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

34 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.08 inches. This item is printed on demand.

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LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 124 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 124 Language: Englishlish

Original cloth-backed gray printed boards. Edges of boards rubbed; cover corners very slightly worn.

Dunsany, Lord. Unhappy Far-Off Things. London: Elkin Mathews, 1919. First edition. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii [viii] ix [x] xi [xii] [1] 2-83 [84]. Original gray boards, front cover printed in black, with linen shelf-back stamped in navy blue, all edges rough-trimmed. A bit of light spotting to spine, else a nearly fine copy. #1771. $25. A dozen somber stories and sketches about the war just ended.

Print on Demand pp. 116 1:B&W 5.5 x 8.5 in or 216 x 140 mm (Demy 8vo) Perfect Bound on Creme w/Gloss Lam

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First American edition. Small octavo. Small bookseller ticket ("De Wolfe & Fiske Co.") on front fly. Spine heavily sunned else near fine, lacking the dust jacket. Short stories.

Spine lettering darkened-but not spine. Out of print. Binding is cloth.

PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 116

First edition, cloth spine printed in blue, boards printed in black. General wear, paper covering boards worn away at corners, no fraying to cloth, all lettering strong.