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Burmese Vignettes
C. Harcourt Robertson
1930
W. Thacker & Co : London
8" by 6.5"
1-152pp
SUMMARY
Cecil Harcourt Robertsons own copy of the first edition of his illustrated collection of sketches about Burmese life.
First Edition,Illustrated,Publishers Original Binding,Signed
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed
This book weighs1 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
The authors own copy of this delightful first edition.
Initially appearing in the Madras Mail between 1924 and 1925, this is the first edition in book form of this charming work.
To the head of the front pastedown is the inscription of the author, C. Harcourt Robertson, alongside his address.
He has pasted five contemporary newspaper reviews and advertisements to the front pastedown and front free endpaper. The reviews are drawn from the Daily Dispatch, the Adriatic Review, the Liverpool Echo, the Burma Exchange Gazette, and the Daily Sketch, and dated 1930 and 1931.
With twenty-four full page illustrations, and further vignettes, this is a delightful work in which the author presents twenty-four vignettes depicting life in Burma in the early twentieth century.
CONDITION
In the publishers original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, exceptionally bright. Bumping to back strip head and tail, and discolouration to back strip. Authors inscription to front pastedown, with clippings pasted to the front pastedown and front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright.
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine- Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed- Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good- Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good- Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under condition
Good Only- Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair- As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor- Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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