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Children of Kaywana
by MITTELHOLZER, Edgar
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/VG++
- Seller
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Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Peter Nevill Ltd, nd [1952] 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG/VG++. 1st Edition 18.5 x 20.8 cm green cloth with gilt stamped titles and decoration to the spine. 515 [2]pp including a single page map at the rear. In original unclipped jacket priced at 16s. net. Clean bright boards with firm corners and just a hint of shelf wear. Internally, without name, inscription or bookplate but with some spotting to the edge of the text block that generally intrude onto the margins. There is spotting to the prelims and first three pages of chapter one and the last few pages of the book. The dust jacket is in very good condition with just a hint of fading to the spine and a little rubbing to the spine edges and corners with minor loss. Edgar Mittleholzer was born in Guyana and is considered to be the first professional novelist to come out of the English-speaking Caribbean. Children of Kaywana is the first book of his Kaywana trilogy, probably his best know work, uncommon in such a nice dust jacket. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 202430
- Title
- Children of Kaywana
- Author
- MITTELHOLZER, Edgar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/VG++
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Peter Nevill Ltd
- Date Published
- nd [1952] 1952
- Keywords
- Carribean
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About the Seller
Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
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Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
About Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
Rainford & Parris Books is a small family business based on the Hertfordshire / Essex border, close to London Stansted Airport. We are full time professional bookdealers specialising mainly in Modern First Editions, Children's Books, Illustrated Books and Nineteenth Century Literature, as well as assorted fine and interesting books. When describing our books we attempt to list all significant defects to a high degree of precision, so that you can build an accurate idea of their condition. We supplement our description with images and are always happy to provide further images or information. All books are very carefully packaged in a new book-box so that they reach you in the condition described.
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- Shelf Wear
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Rubbing
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
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