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The First Clerihews
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Volume Condition: | Very Good |
| Dust Jacket: | Yes |
| Dust Jacket Condition: | Very Good |
| Dust Jacket Protection: | N/A |
| Edition: | 1st Edition |
| Impression: | 1st Impression |
| Signature: | None |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher Name: | Oxford University Press |
| Publication Year: | 1982 |
| Publication Place: | London, UK |
| Book ID: | 018776 |
| Catalogue(s): | Fiction - General |
First edition, first printing. xxvi, 60pp, copiously illustrated with full page drawings and page decorations. Complete with bound in erratum slip. In tan cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. 12mo. Cloth unevenly faded along upper edges, gently rounded at spine ends. Hint of toning to page block edges. In its original, price-clipped, dust jacket, gently rubbed at edges. Many of Clerihew Bentley's so-called 'Clerihews' had been previously published but a republication in 1981, and a competition, led to the discovery of one of Clerihew Bentley's original notebooks containing previously unpublished material, all delightfully illustrated by his friend, G K Chesterton. Most of the Clerihews were by Bentley but the notebook also contained contributions by others, all faithfully reproduced in facsimile here.
