Wife Apparaent
by Yates, Dornford
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Ward, Lock & Co Limited, 1956. 1st Edition. Black Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 316pp. First edition with wrapper. Gilt embossed lettering tot he spine. The cloth at the tail of the spine is lightly bumped. The leaves of 5 page corners are lightly turned. Light foxing to the upper fore edges and slightly to the front fore edges. Clean and tight. Dust wrapper not price clipped. A few slight niks to the head and tail of the spine of the wrapper with a little associated rubbing. One other short tear expertly repaired. No loss. Light crease to the length of the spine of the wrapper. The wrapper has the title Wife Apparent printed over the original title of Lady In Waiting on the spine of the wrapper and the front of the wrapper. Clean and tight. A very good copy.
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- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 218220
- Title
- Wife Apparaent
- Author
- Yates, Dornford
- Format/Binding
- Black Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ward, Lock & Co Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾&quo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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...
- Price Clipped
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