The Blue Lagoon, A Romance
by de Vere Stacpoole, H
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Campbellcroft, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Grayson & Grayson. Good in Good dust jacket. Reprint. Hardcover. 326 p. 18.5 cm. Sound and square binding in blue, cloth-covered boards. Top of spine is faded. Corners are softened and rubbed. A few small stains and light soil. Text block edges somewhat grimy. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Inside pages are generally clean and unmarked, but toned. Dustwrapper has edge and corner wear, including tears, chips, and creasing. Top of the spine is missing a piece affecting the title. All white areas have soil. Jacket edges have been reinforced on reverse side with masking tape. A reprint edition of the Irish author's most well known romance, which has been had several film adaptations. Cover art by J. Abby. .
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- Bookseller
- Homeward Bound Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4244
- Title
- The Blue Lagoon, A Romance
- Author
- de Vere Stacpoole, H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Grayson & Grayson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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About the Seller
Homeward Bound Books
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Campbellcroft, Ontario
About Homeward Bound Books
Homeward Bound Books is an online bookshop operated from our home in the Municipality of Port Hope, Ontario. We specialize in children's and illustrated books – collectible and reading copies; and local histories, particularly for Ontario. We also stock a selection of collectable mystery fiction, ephemera, and any other titles we find interesting or unusual. We have thousands of books yet to be catalogued. So, please contact us to be added to our client list, and we will let you know when we have books of interest to you. It is our pleasure to send books homeward bound -- from our shelves to yours.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...