I Would be Private
by Macaulay, Rose
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/Very Good
- Seller
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Shelbyville, Indiana, United States
Item Price
£40.70£32.56
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1937. Book. VG+. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition, so stated. 325 pp. Decorative green EPs. Black cloth with gilt tiles/rules to front and spine. This copy is VG+ in a VG, unclipped ($2.50) DJ. Exterior is rich and clean. Gilt is bright. Only a hint of edge wear. Inside is unmarked, crisp, and firmly bound. Modest, even toning throughout text. DJ Modest edge wear, a 1/2" closed tear to front bottom near the spine, and 1/4" chipping across the top of the spine. Modest, faded foxing , but red/green tiles still rich..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bailey Bonzo Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001495
- Title
- I Would be Private
- Author
- Macaulay, Rose
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Terms of Sale
Bailey Bonzo Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Bailey Bonzo Books
Biblio member since 2020
Shelbyville, Indiana
About Bailey Bonzo Books
Bailey Bonzo Books....Specializing in collectble First Editions, SIGNED copies, Science Fiction/Fantasy, and RARE copies of all kinds.
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- 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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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....
- 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...
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