Close Quarters
by Angela Thirkell
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Petworth, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo.. First printing of the First Edition. Dust jacket has rubbing to spine but otherwise in very good condition. It is price clipped. In a protective mylar cover. Pages are age tanned but clean. Binding is tight. 8vo. Previous owner's signature on fep. 1958
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Details
- Bookseller
- Reader’s Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4706
- Title
- Close Quarters
- Author
- Angela Thirkell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1958
- Size
- 8vo.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Reader’s Books
Biblio member since 2019
Petworth, West Sussex
About Reader’s Books
Market town general antiquarian book shop specialising in literature, travel and history.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Age Tanned
- Age tanning, or browning, occurs over time on the pages of books. This process can show up on just the edges of pages, when...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.