The Eagle of the Ninth. FIRST IMPRESSION, FIRST EDITION IN DW.
by SUTCLIFF, Rosemary. Illustrated by C. Walter HODGES
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Oxford University Press. 1954. Oxford University Press. London. 1954. First edition, first impression. DW. Head and tail of spine and top front corner of upper board faded, as is outer edge of lower board, endpapers and edges spotted and foxed, slight lean to spine. Wrapper is complete with original price of 10s 6d to it but is foxed to rear panel and creased and chipped to extremities. SCARCE.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Addyman Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 91128
- Title
- The Eagle of the Ninth. FIRST IMPRESSION, FIRST EDITION IN DW.
- Author
- SUTCLIFF, Rosemary. Illustrated by C. Walter HODGES
- Book Condition
- Used
- Date Published
- Oxford University Press. 1954
- Keywords
- CHILDREN'S
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Addyman Books
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About the Seller
Addyman Books
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire
About Addyman Books
Addyman Books is based in Hay-on-Wye, the book capital of the world, with almost 30 bookshops in the town, nestled in the Black Mountains of Wales. We have been established since 1986 and have three shops, Addyman Books, Addyman Annexe and Murder & Mayhem. Large general stock. Murder & Mayhem specialises in Detective Fiction, True Crime and Horror.
Glossary
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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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
- 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...