The Mad Queen of Spain
by PRAWDIN, MICHAEL
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1938. 1st British Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Light rubbing to edges of boards. Inscribed by Michael Prawdin on front endpaper, dated 1944. Illustrated throughout. Translated by Eden and Cedar Paul. No dust jacket. A good clean copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1333
- Title
- The Mad Queen of Spain
- Author
- PRAWDIN, MICHAEL
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st British Edition
- Publisher
- George Allen & Unwin Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1938
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
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
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...