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The King's General.
by DU MAURIER, Daphne
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd,, 1946. First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "With best wishes from Daphne du Maurier - 1987". Octavo. Original dark green cloth, titles to spine gilt. With dust jacket. Contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper. A bright copy in a mildly nicked jacket with a slightly faded spine panel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 101258
- Title
- The King's General.
- Author
- DU MAURIER, Daphne
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Victor Gollancz Ltd,
- Date Published
- 1946
Terms of Sale
Peter Harrington
All major credit cards are accepted. Both UK pounds and US dollars (exchange rate to be agreed) accepted. Books may be returned within 14 days of receipt for any reason, please notify first of returned goods.
About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
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- 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....
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
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