Minor Operations By Taffrail [First Edition Half Leather Binding by Bickers & Son SIGNED by the Author]. Cet article n’est pas disponible.Minor Operations By Taffrail [First Edition Half Leather Binding by Bickers & Son SIGNED by the Author]

London: C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1917, First Edition. Half leather binding by Bickers & Son, gilt titles, raised bands, gilt edged compartments, top page edges gilt, signed by Taprell Dorling, includes the original front page of the dust jacket which has been pasted onto one of the free end papers. A wonderful anthology of six short stories: A Minor Operation, Morrison's Mines, The "Wilhelmina" Affair, Thornton's Revolution, The Real Thing, and The Mystery of the "Cormoran". 120pp. Approximately 7 inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition gilt titles, 5 raised bands, gilt edged compartments, the outer tips of the spine are also gilt. Joints very good condition. Corners very good condition. Boards very good condition half blue leather boards bound by Bickers & Son, gilt fillets. Page edges good condition top edge gilt, fore and bottom edges tanned and foxed. See above and photos. Internally Hinges very good condition sound. Paste downs good condition plain. End papers good condition plain with offsetting to the edges, signed by Taprell Dorling on the front end paper, the book binders name is printed along the top edge on the reverse of the front end paper, the front cover of the original dust jacket has been pasted to one of the front free end papers, subsequent end papers tanned and foxed. Title good condition heavily tanned and foxed. Pages good condition half title present, heavily tanned and foxed throughout. Binding good condition. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1917 Binding: Hardback. …