London: The Companion Book Club. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1968. Reprint; First Printing. Hardcover. Book Club Edition . Some toning to spine of DJ, fore edge of reading block lightly foxed. ; Book club edition, October 1968. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering to red spine panel, top edge red. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. DJ artwork by Barry Wilkinson. Original club information laid in. ; 256 pages; Novel inspired in part on the life of Lady Hester Stanhope, and her travels in Arabia. Two cousins decide to break the family rule and pay a surprise visit on their Great-Aunt Harriet who lives in crumbling old palace near Beirut... .

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Seller: Books in Bulgaria (BG)
Seller's Inventory #: 28562
Title: The Gabriel Hounds
Author: Stewart, Mary
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Edition: Reprint; First Printing
Publisher: The Companion Book Club
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1968
Keywords: Book Club Edition
Bookseller catalogs: Fireside Reads;

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Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Book Club Edition: A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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....
Fore Edge: The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...