THE LAUGHING BACCHANTE
by Yates, Dornford
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good/good
- Seller
-
Deerfield, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1949). Hardcover. Very good/good. 276 pp., 8vo, hardcover. Rust-colored cloth covers with yellow titles. Light wear at cover edges, former owner's name and date on front free endpaper, else Very Good. Dust jacket has some chipping at edges, a little rubbing, partially split along front flap fold.Good. "Richard Chandos and Jonathan Mansel, those gentlemen adventurers ... return to undertake the most fabulous task of their romantic careers--to smuggle the priceless Borgia collection of carved jewels out of prewar Austria." 061508D
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8649
- Title
- THE LAUGHING BACCHANTE
- Author
- Yates, Dornford
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1949)
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Alkahest Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Alkahest Books
Biblio member since 2012
Deerfield, Illinois
About Alkahest Books
Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.