Time I Was Dead : pages from MY Autobiography
by Cecil Aldin
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Petworth, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1934. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bound in blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Shoulders are beginning to splet, edges are bumped, spine is faded.Hinges are beginning to loosten. No dust jacket. Pages are age tanned with occasional foxing. Spotting to page edges. 9 colour plates and numerous black and white plates and drawings by Aldin. NB pencil note from previous seller on fep states that plates at p168 are missing. In fact they are present at p160. A charming account of Cecil Aldin's life in good condtion for its age. 8vo. 1934
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- Bookseller
- Reader’s Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4465
- Title
- Time I Was Dead : pages from MY Autobiography
- Author
- Cecil Aldin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Eyre and Spottiswoode
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1934
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Reader’s Books
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Petworth, West Sussex
About Reader’s Books
Market town general antiquarian book shop specialising in literature, travel and history.
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