County Chronicle
by Thirkell, Angela
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First American Edition.. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. Stated First American Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. Very clean stated First American Edition in clean dust jacket (jacket design by John O'Hara Cosgrave II). Unfaded brown cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean map-illustrated endpapers - tasteful custom previous owner bookplate on front free endpaper (lightly affixed - easily removed if so desired). 311 pages. Clean illustrated jacket is unchipped, has some slight edge wear and short closed edge tears; price clipped at top edge of front free endpaper. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029502
- Title
- County Chronicle
- Author
- Thirkell, Angela
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Stated First American Edition.
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- FICTION, NOVEL, ANGELA THIRKELL, FIRST EDITION, ENGLISH NOVELS
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About the Seller
Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Stanley, New York
About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Tight
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- Fine
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Bookplate
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