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BE MY GUEST
by Cadell, Elizabeth
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good+
- Seller
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Korumburra, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1964. 190pp. Book clean. Spine firm, mildly canted, gilt title there-on. Plain green boards lightly corner-bumped. Random foxing spots to textblock edges, else leaves clean. Previous bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Art-illustrated (Philip Gough) dustjacket is price-clipped on lower front flap, tanned on spine, and has some foxing and marking to front and rear panels, two short creases, minor edge-creasing and a couple of edge nicks. From the jacket flap: "A holiday in Portugal is planned by Christine Channing's family, to take her mind off a troubled love affair. They are charmed by the country, where they soon make friends, among them the Baronessa Narvao, who invites them to stay in her luxurious mansion. But the Baronesa is not all she appears to be, and the Channings are rescued from an awkward predicament by the timely arrival of Christine's fiance, James, and his grandfather the fiery earl." Book weight approx. 280g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Good+.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Diversity Books, IOBA
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011355
- Title
- BE MY GUEST
- Author
- Cadell, Elizabeth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- FICTION, MODERN FIRST EDITIONS, ELIZABETH VIOLET CADELL (1903-1989)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction General; Fiction-First Editions;
Terms of Sale
Diversity Books, IOBA
Diversity Books - Terms of Sale: All PRICES quoted are in Australian DOLLARS. Books may be returned within seven days of receipt if found to be incorrectly described. Australian buyers: We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and direct deposit to Commonwealth Bank account. International buyers: We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express. International buyers have the choice of FAST AIRMAIL [approx.3-10 business days, depending on destination]or STANDARD AIRMAIL [approx. 10-25 business days, depending on destination] Please EMAIL regarding ARTICLE FOR SALE, AVAILABILITY, PAYMENT and POSTAGE/HANDLING OPTIONS.
About the Seller
Diversity Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2005
Korumburra, Victoria
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
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