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The Edwardian Era
by Maurois, Andre
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton Century, 1933. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First printing.. New York: D. Appleton Century , 1933. Stated First Printing. Very Good+/Good. First printing (so stated) hardcover book with original dust jacket. Black cloth boards with unchipped gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with photographs. Translated by Hamish Miles. 391 pages with index. Dust jacket is not price clipped, has some edge chipping and closed edge tears, light dust soiling; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The story of the men of influence, some strong, some weak, some clever, some stupid, who guided England's destiny over a fascinating transitional decade--an era of definite change and growth in politics, thought, manners, and literature..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029633
- Title
- The Edwardian Era
- Author
- Maurois, Andre
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Stated First printing.
- Publisher
- D. Appleton Century
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- BRITISH HISTORY, WORLD ANDRE MAUROIS, EDWARDIAN AGE, GREAT BRITAIN, FIRST EDITION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Great Britain; Society;
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- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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