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The Years of Grace
by Noel Streatfeild
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Evans Brothers, 1950. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1950. First Edition. 383 pages. Illustrative jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrations and plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. Bleaching to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Clipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Visible tanning to spine. Some rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.
Synopsis
Years of Grace is a 1930 novel by Margaret Ayer Barnes. It won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1931.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1682355767LEE
- Title
- The Years of Grace
- Author
- Noel Streatfeild
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Evans Brothers
- Date Published
- 1950
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- 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....
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