The Black Moth
by Georgette Heyer
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
William Heinemann Ltd, 1953. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1953. Reprint. 326 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Minor cracking to gutters with slight exposed binding. Light staining to gutters. Previous owner's pen inscription to front free endpaper and pastedown. Light black scuffing to text-block edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight dark rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Notable split to rear joint. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Crease down spine strip. Scuffing and light marking overall. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning.
Synopsis
Georgette Heyer, who wrote over fifty novels died in 1974.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1623307672TMB
- Title
- The Black Moth
- Author
- Georgette Heyer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Heinemann Ltd
- Date Published
- 1953
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine Strip
- The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...