Ballerina
by BAUM, Vicki
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Rippleside, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Michael Joseph, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A neat, bright copy. Octavo in publisher's original navy cloth with title in white and gilt credits and decoration to spine, 414 pages.Slight browning to endpapers, a few small chips, edgewear and very light soiling to dustjacket, light offsetting to endpapers. The story of a Russian prima ballerina, first against the glamourous background of Vienna, and later in the strenuously competitive ballet of New York A brilliant depiction of the world of ballet by the author of 'Grand Hotel' and 'Tale of Bali'.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sad Paradise Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1707074
- Title
- Ballerina
- Author
- BAUM, Vicki
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- FICTION BALLET
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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About the Seller
Sad Paradise Books
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Rippleside, Victoria
About Sad Paradise Books
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- Cloth
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- First Edition
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- 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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...