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Governess or, Little Female Academy
by Sarah Fielding
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0192780069
- ISBN 13
- 9780192780065
- Seller
-
ELY, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Oxford University Press. Very Good/Very Good. 1968. Hard Cover. 0192780069 Facsimile reproduction of the first edition of 1749, with an introduction and bibliography by Jill E Grey. Dust jacket complete except price clipped now in a clear protective cover. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. Previous owners name on ffep. 384 pages clean and tight. This popular classic work by Sarah Fielding is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Sarah Fielding then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- CHARLES BOSSOM
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 142997
- Title
- Governess or, Little Female Academy
- Author
- Sarah Fielding
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good/Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0192780069
- ISBN 13
- 9780192780065
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1968
Terms of Sale
CHARLES BOSSOM
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged. Please contact me if you have any problem with your order by e-mail charles.bossom@googlemail.com
About the Seller
CHARLES BOSSOM
Biblio member since 2010
ELY, Cambridgeshire
About CHARLES BOSSOM
Charles Bossom has worked in the Book Trade since 1963, commencing at WH Smith Oxford and retiring in 1999 as Regional Manager Central England. The Charles Bossom bookselling business was started in early 2000. We offer a changing selection of old and out-of-print books in a wide range of subjects. We frequently add new items to our stock so visit us regularly.
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- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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