London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Minus/Very Good Minus. 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾. N/a. 222pp. 1960. First edition. A very good minus, clean, tight copy in a very good minus wrapper. Original publisher's blue boards gilt embossed to the spine. No inscriptions. Miss Silver's thirty-first case. The head and tail of the spine a little bumped with some associated creasing to the wrapper. A W.H. Smith & Son library bookplate to the front paste-down. No other library stamps or markings to the book or the wrapper. The wrapper has not been price-clipped. There are some fine indentation marks to the front panel of the wrapper and some more general shelf wear to the wrapper. Light rubbing to the wrapper at the head and tail of the spine. A very good minus, tight, clean first edition copy in like wrapper.

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Bookseller: Trumpington Fine Books Limited (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 231145
Title: The Alington Inheritance
Author: Wentworth, Patricia
Illustrator: N/a
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good Minus
Jacket Condition: Very Good Minus
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton Limited
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1960
Size: 12mo - over 6Â¾&quo
Weight: 0.00 lbs

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Paste-down: The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
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