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Private Lives
by Coward, Noel
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine /Fine
- Seller
-
HINDHEAD, Surrey, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday & Company. Copyright stated as 1930. Red, cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Leading page edges uncut. Bookplate of Herbert Schimmel on the front pastedown. The book is in new condition and appears to be a reissue of the first edition, possibly to coincide with the author's 70th birthday in 1969 as this is mentioned on the dust jacket flap. The dust jacket has the phrase "Book Club Edition" where the price would normally be. Weysprings Books is a Member of: the IOBA and PBFA, and subscribes to the Associations' Codes of Ethics. . Fine. Hardcover.
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Details
- Seller
- Weysprings Books, IOBA, PBFA
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 006708
- Title
- Private Lives
- Author
- Coward, Noel
- Illustrator
- Joe Eula (dust jacket)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Size
- 8.5" x 5.75".
- Keywords
- Play
- Bookseller catalogs
- Plays;
Terms of Sale
Weysprings Books, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Weysprings Books, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2010
HINDHEAD, Surrey
About Weysprings Books, IOBA, PBFA
Weysprings Books is an independent bookseller based in Surrey, UK, exclusively selling on the internet. We specialise in modern first editions. We use internationally accepted terms to describe our books and endeavour to reflect their true condition in our descriptions. We regret that, due to compliance regulations, we are unable to fulfil orders to Germany and France.
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- 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...
- First Edition
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- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- PBFA
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- IOBA
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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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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