Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 1984. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1984. First Edition. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white and colour illustrations. Signed by the author with dedication to Ray Cross on front free endpaper. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Pink annotations and marginalia to a few pages. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Slight crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Minorsunning to spine and edges.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1632991548LSA
Title: Getting Older, Growing Younger
Author: Barbara Cartland
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd
Date Published: 1984

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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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...
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....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Marginalia: Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
Gutter: The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.