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DELIGHT.
by De la Roche, Mazo
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Oakville, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Macmillan Company of Canada, 1926. 232 pp, 7 3/4" H. Reddish brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board. In this early de la Roche novel, predating Jalna's success, a beautiful young woman, Delight Mainprize, upsets the balance of the small Ontario town of Brancepeth, attracting admiration from the male population and creating jealousy among the ladies. Previous owner's name/address in pencil on front free endpaper, minor weakness to paper on inside hinges, corner crease and tear on page leaf 181/182 - archivally taped, wear at corners and top/bottom of spine, slight lean to spine, light edge wear, some darkening to edges of text block, faint cup-ring on front board, light general rubbing - small area on rear board, slight loss of gold in lettering on spine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Capricorn Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30162
- Title
- DELIGHT.
- Author
- De la Roche, Mazo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan Company of Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- Mazo De La Roche, Jalna, Canadian Authors, Women Authors, Early 20th Century, Delight Mainprize, Brancepeth, Ontario, Love, Romance, Jealousy, Admirers, Suitors, Courtship, Melodrama.
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- Literature;
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Capricorn Books
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- Cloth
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- Text Block
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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