U.K.: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd. H & S yellow jackets. Red bds with black title to spine and blindstamped decoration to front. 2 cm tear and fray to front spine edge. Bump to spine ends and top corners. Pencil inscription dated 1932 to ffep. Bindings split to title page hinge. Bindings tight. Text Very good. Dustjacket iin fair condition with creasing/rubbing and some tears to edges. Partial losses to jacket spine ends and corners, 2 aeas of loss to front cover near front spine edge. Tear and small loss to jacket back near spine. . Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall.

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Bookseller: Harry Righton (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 031509
Title: The First Sir Percy : An Adventure of the Laughing Cavalier
Author: Orczy Baroness
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Place of Publication: U.K.

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12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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....
Fair: is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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...
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
FFEP: A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
BDS: Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...