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Backing Winds -by Josephine Tey (aka Dark Tide )
by Tey, Josephine (penname for Doris Bell Ball [nee Collier] --)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good (see description)/No Jacket
- Seller
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Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London, England: London, UK: Methuen, 1951, 1st Edition, First Printing , 951. ------------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) ---hardcover, a solid Good or better example, dark burgundy cloth with gilt lettering on spine, front flap of dustjacket has been glued to the verso of the front board, age toning and some foxing to paper, rear blank endpaper has been removed, some small glue marks on verso of rear board, no dustjacket, ---released in a serialised form in WOMEN magazine as DARK TIDE, scarce, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good (see description)/No Jacket. Illus. by No Cover Art. 5w x 7.5h Inches.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Leonard Shoup
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 169089
- Title
- Backing Winds -by Josephine Tey (aka Dark Tide )
- Author
- Tey, Josephine (penname for Doris Bell Ball [nee Collier] --)
- Illustrator
- No Cover Art
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good (see description)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- London, UK: Methuen, 1951, 1st Edition, First Printing
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 951
- Size
- 5w x 7.5h Inches
- Keywords
- Backing Winds -by Josephine Tey (aka Dark Tide )
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery Adventure;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Leonard Shoup
Biblio member since 2003
Burlington, Ontario
About Leonard Shoup
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
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- Verso
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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