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Lady Henry Somerset
by Kathleen Fitzpatrick
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Jonathan Cape, 1923. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1923. First Edition. 223 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Contains black and white plates. Pages are visibly tanned with notable foxing throughout. Heavier foxing to text-block edges, pastedowns and endpapers. Small sticker to front pastedown. Cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Pages 50-51 with some tanning from bookmark that was left between pages. Pen mark to text-block top edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surface. Notable staining, marking and scratching. Moderate sunning to spine with noticeable crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is slightly darkened. Book has forward lean.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1707408323DPB
- Title
- Lady Henry Somerset
- Author
- Kathleen Fitzpatrick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Date Published
- 1923
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- Edges
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- First Edition
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- 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.
- Cloth
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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...
- 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....
- Acceptable
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