Open the Door! A Volume of Stories
by Sitwell, Osbert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG/G+
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: MacMillan, 1942 VG/G+. 8vo. original burgundy cloth gilt (a little rubbed, slight spine slant, endpapers offset, a few spots) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, rubbed and frayed, with chipping to spine); pp. vi, 282 (last blank). A very good copy in a worn dustwrapper.. Reprint. Hard Cover. VG/G+.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016562
- Title
- Open the Door! A Volume of Stories
- Author
- Sitwell, Osbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- G+
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- MacMillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- Osbert Sitwell
Terms of Sale
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain 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
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
Biblio member since 2022
Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
Bricks and mortar bookshop with substantial online stock, specialising in travel and adventure books. Open by chance or appointment, most likely on weekends. Note that our online stock is stored off site, so best contact us in advance to check opening hours and arrange a viewing.
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- Chipping
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- Offset
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Spine
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...