The Duke's Daughter
by Angela Thirkell
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good.
- Seller
-
Petworth, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1951. Hardcover. Good.. 8vo.. First printing of the First Edition. No dust jacket. Turquoise cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Spine is faded. Edges are bumped. Slight staining to boards. Pages are age tanned but clean. Binding is tight. 8vo. Previous owner's signature to front endpaper 1951
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Details
- Bookseller
- Reader’s Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4714
- Title
- The Duke's Daughter
- Author
- Angela Thirkell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1951
- Size
- 8vo.
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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:
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.