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Herbert Jenkins, 1111. Hardcover. Good. Third Printing. 320 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages have mild tanning and moderate foxing throughout. Missing front endpaper. Moderate cracking to front hinge and gutters. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild tanning to spine, which has crushing and wear to ends. Mild scratching and marking to boards.
The Story of My Ruin by Cran, Mrs. Marion (1879-1942) - No date
by Cran, Mrs. Marion (1879-1942)
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The Story of My Ruin
by Cran, Mrs. Marion (1879-1942)
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Herbert Jenkins, London, No date. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: Photographic. list of illustrations. Illustrated frontispiece showing the author's house. The text is illustrated with numerous photographs of the author's house in various states of restoration. Green coloured cloth covered boards with dark blue coloured embossed decoration to the front edge and to the top and rear edges of the back strip. Dark blue coloured embossed titles to the front panel and back strip. Photographic dustwrapper with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. The story of how the author found a derelict country home in Kent trees growing through the brick floor, no windows or doors etc. - fell in love with it, bought it and restored it. Softening of the back strip edges with fading also present, commensurate with loss of dustwrapper. Rubbing of the book corners along with some bumping. Tanning of the text block edges and pages with scattered foxing to the text block edges. There is a stain runs full length of the front and rear hinges and there is a little foxing to the first few and last few pages of the book previous owners initials to the front paste-down, and, the there has been a small poem pasted to the free front end page. Annotations to the rear free end page. The dustwrapper is not in great shape please see photograph. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and back strip edges, various amounts of loss there is a 3 inch tear along the front fold over crease, with smaller tears to the other three corners and various flaps of the dustwrapper been torn. There is a 2 inch tear to the top right-hand corner of the rear panel, with associated creasing. Foxing of the rear panel and verso along with some browning presses to the verso. Second Printing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [8], 9 - 320 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Home Decorating & Repair; English Country Home; Britain/UK; 1920s; Architecture. Inventory No: 0127649. .
- Bookseller Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Illustrator Photographic
- Format/Binding Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition Fair
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition Reprint
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Herbert Jenkins
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published No date
- Keywords BZDB2 NOISBN Country homes -- England -- Conservation and restoration Home Decorating & Repair; English Country Home; Britain/UK; 1920s; Architecture. The Story of My Ruin
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The Story Of My Ruin
by Mrs Marion Cran
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