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Ancestral Voices
by James Lees-Milne
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
£225.00£202.50
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1975. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 9" by 5.5". Not Stated. The first edition of this interesting memoir about James Lees-Milne's life returning from World War Two. The first edition of this work. In the original price-clipped dustwrapper. A memoir about the life of James Lees-Milne, recounting his life after 1941, when he rejoined the Headquarters Staff of the National Trust. Illustrated with a frontispiece. Lees-Milne was an English writer, and an expert on country houses, working for the National Trust from 1936 to 1973. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. A small amount of bumping to the head and tail of the spine. A couple of spots to the fore edge. Dustwrapper with some discolouration and marks, and minor edge wear. A few light spots to the reverse of the dustwrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 701P20
- Title
- Ancestral Voices
- Author
- James Lees-Milne
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1975
- Size
- 9" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- ancestral voices james lees milne diary 1941 james lees milne second world war world war two
Terms of Sale
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Cloth
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- First Edition
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
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