KEYS OF CHANCE
by GRAHAM WINSTON
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Leicester, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Ward Lock, 1939. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publishers turquoise boards with black spine lettering. A VG+ copy with light foxing to the page block edges and a tiny white mark to the front board. The D/W has been price-clipped both to the top and bottom right hand corners of the front flap. The D/W is in VG condition with several short edge tears and associated creasing. The D/W has the number 868 A to the spine but is identical to the first edition D/W except for the price-clipping. In the words of the Winston Graham bibliographer: I can't remember when I last saw Keys Of Chance for sale on ABE in any guise. Rare
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 355490714353
- Title
- KEYS OF CHANCE
- Author
- GRAHAM WINSTON
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ward Lock
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1939
Terms of Sale
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
We can personally take Visa, Mastercard and debit/Maestro cards. All books are are returnable if found not to be as described, please contact us first. James M Pickard (Rare Books) is proud to be a full member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA).
About the Seller
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
Biblio member since 2006
Leicester
About James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
James M Pickard (Rare Books) is proud to be a full member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA).
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...