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Cakes and Ale or The Skeleton in the Cupboard.
by W. Somerset Maughan
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Ilminster, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
UK: The Folio Society, 1970. Book. Illus. by Dodie Masterman. Fine. Hardcover. Folio Edition Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This Folio Society Edition of " Cakes and Ale " has the boards decorated in a lime green cloth with a silhouette of cyclists in a woodland scene, the title is in gilt down the spine. The text block is illustrated throughout with monotypes by Dodie Masterman. The book is in an unread condition. The cardboard slipcase is covered in a textured blue paper and is lightly sun-faded around the edges. Book price includes postage -UK only..
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Details
- Bookseller
- powellbooksofsomerset.co.uk
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 06563
- Title
- Cakes and Ale or The Skeleton in the Cupboard.
- Author
- W. Somerset Maughan
- Illustrator
- Dodie Masterman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Folio Edition Reprint
- Publisher
- The Folio Society
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Folio Society Edition. Somerset Maughan. Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Folio Society Editions;
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