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Scenes from Married Life
by William Cooper
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co. , 1961. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None. A very smart copy of the first edition of this entertaining novel by William Cooper. In the original, unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work by William Cooper. An entertaining novel following the married life of Joe Lunn and Elspeth. A humorous, truthful, and touching novel by Cooper. Sequel to Scenes from Provincial Life. In the original, unclipped dustwrapper. In the original publisher's cloth binding, with titles stamped in gilt to spine. Externally lovely with minor shelfwear and slight bumping ot head and tail of spine. Inscribed by a previous owner to front free endpaper, dated 1961. Dustwrapper is unclipped and very smart with only minor shelfwear and minor chipping to head of spine. Wrapper tape repaired internally, not affecting the externals. Internally, firmly bound. Minor faint scattered spotting to fore edge, affecting only the first and last few leaves. Otherwise, pages are bright and clean throughout. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 762A44
- Title
- Scenes from Married Life
- Author
- William Cooper
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1961
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- william cooper first editions dustwrapper novel first editions fiction marriage
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
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Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Fore Edge
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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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
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