The Umbrella Thorn
by de Polnay, Peter
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Kirkwall, Orkney, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson, 1946. Tears and creasing to edges of price-clipped dustwrapper, some bumping to spine ends and corners of black boards, original owner's gift message dated Christmas 1946 on f/ep, but otherwse a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A novel set in Kenya in Colonial times, the story deals with a man who takes over a dead man's farm, marrying his widow despite her indifference towards him. No publication date shown, but would be 1946. 240pp.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- JimsOldBooks (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012752
- Title
- The Umbrella Thorn
- Author
- de Polnay, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1946
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- novels-set-in-Colonial-Kenya
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
JimsOldBooks
Books dispatched within 1-2 working days. Returns accepted but customer should notify me within seven days of receipt of the book. Postage charges based on average book weight. Reduced rates will apply to lighter parcels when possible. Heavy books are mentioned in the book description, you will be informed of any increased charges before the book is dispatched.
About the Seller
JimsOldBooks
Biblio member since 2004
Kirkwall, Orkney
About JimsOldBooks
Based in Kirkwall, Orkney off the north coast of Scotland. No shop, internet sales only..
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...