To Whom She Will
by Jhabvala, R. Prawer
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- Seller
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Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: George Allen & Unwin, 1955. Bound in the publishers black cloth with contrasting silver titles to spine. This is the first edition of this scarce Jhabvala first novel set in Delhi. All pages are present and correct with one small discreet previous owners name to the front free endpaper. Book sits solid and square with all corners sharp. Silver title lettering to spine remains sharp and definite. Housed in the exotic A. Breeze designed dustwrapper with publishers printed price intact on front inside flap. Slight loss to head and heel of spine with some chipping to corners but a presentable example nontheless. Protected in a removable archival booksleeve to preserve its condition. A very decent example of the authors scarce first novel.. First Edition. Near Fine/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. FIRST EDITION.
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- Bookseller
- The Rare Book Shelf
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001054
- Title
- To Whom She Will
- Author
- Jhabvala, R. Prawer
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Allen & Unwin
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1955
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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Herefordshire
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- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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