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The Pebbled Shore The Memoirs of Elizabeth Longford
by Longford, Elizabeth
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0297788639
- ISBN 13
- 9780297788638
- Seller
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The Woodlands, Texas, United States
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About This Item
London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 0297788639 . First English Edition. "The Pebbled Shore is a truly remarkable book, written from the heart, by a much admired woman." Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector, Rolland Comstock, on front paste-down endpaper. Slight slant to spine. Minor edge wear. Small bumps on spine ends. Otherwise, free from major defect. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has minimal edge and shelf wear. Plastic coating on flaps is slightly yellowed. ; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 351 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Good Books In The Woods
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 72724
- Title
- The Pebbled Shore The Memoirs of Elizabeth Longford
- Author
- Longford, Elizabeth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0297788639
- ISBN 13
- 9780297788638
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicholson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- 0297788639
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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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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....
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- First Edition
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