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They Called Her Orchid
by Wilding, Diana
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/Good
- Seller
-
nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
John Long. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Fair/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Not dated but copyright page states book produced to War Economy Standards, so published between 1942 and 1949. 208pp. Orange cloth boards (heavily worn and rubbed at edges, fraying at spine tips, soiled). Untidy lending sheet on front free endpaper. Pages well-thumbed and soft with light spotting and the odd mark. Tape gutter repair to title page spread. In its original, faded, dust jacket (chipped, rubbed at points, old interior tape repairs around spine and tear). Hard to find title, especially in dust jacket (else we'd likely not offer a copy in fair only condition).
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Details
- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002003
- Title
- They Called Her Orchid
- Author
- Wilding, Diana
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Impression
- Publisher
- John Long
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
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About the Seller
BookAddiction
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nr Canterbury, Kent
About BookAddiction
Based in the leafy hamlet of Chartham Hatch, just a few miles from the historic Cathedral city of Canterbury, BookAddiction offers beautiful, illustrated and collectible used books and a selection of unique works on paper.BookAddiction was established in 1999 (originally trading as The Virtual Bookshelf). We are members of the book-selling co-operation, Ibooknet, which extends the highest professional and ethical standards, and are in the process of joining the Provincial Booksellers' Fairs Association (PBFA).Follow our blog, on books and book collecting at www.bookaddictionuk.wordpress.uk or visit our website at www.bookaddiction.co.uk.We welcome inquiries about our books and endeavour to respond promptly. Please ask away, Offers always welcome.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
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