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The Stars Bow Down a Play in Three Acts
by Daviot Gordon [ Josephine Tey ]
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Very Good
- Seller
-
CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Duckworth, 1939. Inscribed on free endpaper '' David Higham from Gordon Daviot ''. Bound in origianl publishers black cloth, with title lettering to spine. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Dust jacket, lightly rubbed on edges, dust/dirt marked. Jacket in good condition. Internally, browning to endpapers. Pages in very good clean condition. Rare signed volume. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Near Very Good. Small 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- George Jeffery Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013570
- Title
- The Stars Bow Down a Play in Three Acts
- Author
- Daviot Gordon [ Josephine Tey ]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Duckworth
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1939
- Size
- Small 8vo
- Keywords
- Josephine Tey
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Signed/Inscribed By Author; Women Writers Etc;
Terms of Sale
George Jeffery Books
Should any book not fulfill its description, please contact us, a full refund will be offered if the book is returned within 14 days of purchase, and in the condition in which it was sent.
About the Seller
George Jeffery Books
Biblio member since 2005
CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire
About George Jeffery Books
We are a long established company dealing in second-hand, out of print and antiquarian books on all subjects. We are based in Hertfordshire, just 2 miles north of Junction 25 of the M25. We are members of the PBFA and exhibit at a large number of their fairs across the UK. We also exhibit in London at least twice a month at the Russell and Royal National Hotels, and regularly exhibit at H&D fairs in the South East, we also organise a monthly Fair at the Royal National Hotel, this fair has exhibitors specialising in books, maps, prints and ephemera. Please contact us for any further details.
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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