The Bodley Head 1967. FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 218pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & discolouration to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & light chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling to covers, price clipped, moderate foxing to internal sides)

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Bookseller: Hard To Find Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 253068
Title: The Company She Kept
Author: GRUMBACH, DORIS
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Bodley Head 1967
Keywords: first edition literary criticism biography Mary McCarthy literature

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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...
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...
VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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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...
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....
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...