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To Be the Best
by Bradford, Barbara Taylor
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0385245793
- ISBN 13
- 9780385245791
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. First American Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. 0385245793 . Quarter bound in red cloth over blue boards, gilt lettering on cover and spine, marbled endpapers.. The volume is in excellent condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. Edges of boards sunned, else fine. Unclipped dust jacket shows mild shelf-wear. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE. . Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. (ix), 514, (3) pp .
Synopsis
Set in Yorkshire, Hong Kong and America, this remarkable contemporary novel continues the story of an unorthodox and endlessly fascinating family. As the spirit of Emma Harte lives on in her granddaughter, Paula O'Neill, an engrossing drama is played out in the glamorous arena of the wealthy and privileged, underscored by a cut-throat world of jealousy and treachery. Paula must act with daring and courage to preserve her formidable grandmother's glittering empire from unscrupulous enemies – so that Emma's precious dream lives on for the next generation...
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25929
- Title
- To Be the Best
- Author
- Bradford, Barbara Taylor
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385245793
- ISBN 13
- 9780385245791
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- 0385245793, Fiction;, Literature;, Novels;
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Edges
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
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