The Delectable Duchy ; Illustrated
by Quiller-Couch, A. T. ( Q )
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. Decorative Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Q's Delightful Tales of Cornish Characters, including 2 amusing stories of St Piran. Frontis is a Colour Illustration showing the Prince Regent and a Gentleman (see the last story in the book), by Dora Curtis. 12 other B&W Illustrations by Lawrie Taylor. 271 Pages. Olive cloth cover with blind stamped Classical head to front. Faded lettering to spine. Cocked. Pages in nice clean condition, only a pencilled inscription to ffep. Tiny stip missing from very top of spine and very small tear at bottom of spine. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornish Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004058
- Title
- The Delectable Duchy ; Illustrated
- Author
- Quiller-Couch, A. T. ( Q )
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- FICTION/SHORT STORIES/CORNISH TALES/CORNISH FOLKLORE/Q
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Cornish Books
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Penzance, Cornwall
About Cornish Books
Online Bookseller since 2008, in Penzance, Cornwall.We are a small family business and offer a personal service.Always in stock is a good selection of Cornish Interest Books.
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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....
- Jacket
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
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