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Frenchman's Creek
by Daphne du Maurier
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1942. First U. S. Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First American printing, in original, unclipped ($2.50), jacket. The author's 3rd novel and the basis for the 1944 film of the same name starring, Joan Fontaine. About an English nobel-woman who mutually falls for a rougish French pirate. The jacket has scuffs at edges and along folds, a 1/2 inch closed tear on the front lower, and 1 inch closed tear along front hinge (I only noticed when looing at the inside of the jacket) very minor chipping at the head/tail of the spine, and tape residue on the inside flap edges (also on the pastedowns) where the jacket was taped to the cover at some point in the past, tape remnant on the back of the jacket and a spot of residue on the front - still in very good condition with a strong illustration and colors and no toning to the spine. Bound in blue cloth over boards with a debossed facsimile signature on the front and bronze gilding on the spine. Slight lean, gentle rubbing at corners. Yellow top-stain, deckled long edge, and roughly cut lower edge. Inscription to ffep, otherwise the interior is clean, clear and generally crisp.
Pages: (8) 310 (2) Dimensions: 8 x 6 x 1(3/8) .
Pages: (8) 310 (2) Dimensions: 8 x 6 x 1(3/8) .
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- Bookseller
- John and Tabitha's Kerriosity Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5352
- Title
- Frenchman's Creek
- Author
- Daphne du Maurier
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U. S. Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1942
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About the Seller
John and Tabitha's Kerriosity Bookshop
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About John and Tabitha's Kerriosity Bookshop
I love books. Always an eager reader, I started collecting Antiquarian books while a teenager and studying history. Flash forward a couple of decades and I am excited to open a new all-digital bookstore to continue my love of books, while bringing desired books to readers, collectors, and other sellers. From Post-Incunables to modern First Editions, I will be regularly adding new stock.
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- Jacket
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- Crisp
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- Spine
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
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