Chapman & Hall 1955. First edition, octavo, light blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, VG (damp stain to rear board, bruising to spine extrems, slight fading to spine, owner's name in pencil to front pastedown) in VG- d/w (large damp stain to rear, browning rubbing & soiling to exterior, bruising & rubbing to edges esp rear upper edge, 2cm closed tear to rear upper spine edge)

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Bookseller: Hard To Find Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 133551
Title: The Five Miss Willoughbys
Author: REES, ROSEMARY
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Chapman & Hall 1955
Keywords: First edition Rosemary Rees Australian literature fiction novel

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Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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...
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...
VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...