Blindfold
by Wentworth, Patricia
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hodder & Stoughton, 1937. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 1937 second printing of the 1935 first edition, hardback in good condition. A little foxing to page edges, soiling to half title page, no inscriptions, no other marks, tight binding. The blue cloth boards have rubbing to edges and faces and sunned patches to the front board, otherwise very good. Alas no dust jacket. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day. Please note our excellent customer feedback.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Repton and Clover
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012204
- Title
- Blindfold
- Author
- Wentworth, Patricia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 2nd Printing
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Date Published
- 1937
Terms of Sale
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- First Edition
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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