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Restoration
by Rose Tremain
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- VG++/VG++
- ISBN 10
- 0241126959
- ISBN 13
- 9780241126950
- Seller
-
Lutterworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1989. Award-winning sixth novel from the Norwich author, based in the reign of Charles II. Brown covers with gilt lettering to spine, 371pp. Signed by author on title page. First edition, but fourth printing. Review of newspaper award ceremony laid in. Neat previous owner's name and embossed ex-libris stamp on ffep, very neat small repair to fore edge of front cover, otherwise book is in superb condition. In VG, intact DJ. A very good copy. Ref:081925. First Edition. Cloth. VG++/VG++. 16cmx24cm.
Synopsis
Rose Tremain’s novels have won many prizes. Her most recent novels are The Road Home and The Colour (shortlisted for the Orange Prize). T he Darkness of Wallis Simpson was shortlisted for both the First National Short Story Award and the Frank O’Connor Award. Restoration was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and was made into a film.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Church Street Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001925
- Title
- Restoration
- Author
- Rose Tremain
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++
- Jacket Condition
- VG++
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0241126959
- ISBN 13
- 9780241126950
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1989
Terms of Sale
Church Street Books
payment with order. Refund if description inaccurate
About the Seller
Church Street Books
Biblio member since 2007
Lutterworth, Leicestershire
About Church Street Books
Second-hand book dealer (formerly in a Diss Shop), with a stock of around 2000 books from modern quality literature to reference, aviation, classics and antiquarian
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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