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Caroline The Queen
by Plaidy, Jean (Aka Victoria Holt - Pseudonym Of Eleanor Hibbert)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Modesto, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1968. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends of the book covers have some beginning bumping. The text pages are clean, though the pages have some generalized light toning, as do the edges of the text block. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, with some very beginning bumping to the spine ends. There is a small tear to the top rear edge of the dust jacket, and some rubbing and beginning chipping to the top rear corner of the dust jacket. "Eleanor Alice Burford, Mrs. George Percival Hibbert, was one of the preeminent English authors of historical fiction for most of the twentieth century. She used eight pennames during her career and many of her readersunder one penname never suspected her other identities. In 1941, she began signing her novels with her maiden name: Eleanor Burford, later she createdher first and most prolific pseudonym: Jean Plaidy. In the 1950's she used the pseudonyms: Elbur Ford, Kathleen Kellow and Ellalice Tate. In 1960, shecreated the pseudonyms: Anna Percival and the popular Victoria Holt. In 1972, she created her last pseudonym Philippa Carr. (Some of her novels werere edited as different pseudonyms) " (fantastic fiction website) .
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- Bookseller
- S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A46505
- Title
- Caroline The Queen
- Author
- Plaidy, Jean (Aka Victoria Holt - Pseudonym Of Eleanor Hibbert)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st American Edition; 1st Printing
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- Modern Fiction First Edition, Jean Plaidy, Eleanor Hibbert, England, Historical Fiction
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About the Seller
S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
Biblio member since 2003
Modesto, California
About S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
S. Howlett-West Books was established in 1996, but the owner, Stephanie has been in the book business for over 30 years. Besides her full time work as a book dealer, she writes articles on the subject of Science Fiction for several trade magazines. She is a collector and reader of first edition science fiction in her spare time.
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- Spine
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- Edges
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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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
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