A Dancer From the Abbey
by Oxenham, Elsie J
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /Very Good
- Seller
-
Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Collins. Bound in light blue cloth with bright, black title lettering to spine, this hardcover 1953 First Edition is VG in Vg wrapper (Unclipped dustwrapper). 254pp with coloured frontis and thirty chapters. Neat nam e on front free endpaper. Otherwise perfectly clean endpapers. Wrapper has slight wear at top/tail of spine, and tiny chips at top/tail of return flaps at hinge. Return flap hinges have slight rubbing. Front panel of colour printed wrapper shows ballet dancer in Tutu with wings in woodland glade.General condition VG for date. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1953.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Camillas Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005624
- Title
- A Dancer From the Abbey
- Author
- Oxenham, Elsie J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- Elsie J. Oxenham, A Dancer from the Abbey, First Edition in Dustwrapper
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Terms of Sale
Camillas Bookshop
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About the Seller
Camillas Bookshop
Biblio member since 2009
Eastbourne, East Sussex
About Camillas Bookshop
Camilla's Bookshop is a large secondhand and antiquarian bookstore situated in the resort town of Eastbourne.We have more than 500,000 books in all categories. Our specialities include: armed forces, transport, travel, politics, history, literature (several thousand novels including modern firsts), religion, esoteric & occult and art.Shop hours are 10:00 - 17:00, excepting Sundays and Bank Holidays.Unfortunately, we do not ship to Denmark.
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- Cloth
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- First Edition
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- VG
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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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...