Elizabeth, Captive Princess
by Irwin, Margaret
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/VG/ACC
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK ?SIXTY-PLUS YEARS OLD? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. Reprint* Date of Publication: 1950 (1948)* Publisher: Reprint Society. * Binding and cover condition: Waxed blue linen cloth, gilt title & border to red spine label. Very light bumps to corners, minor rubs to head and tail of spine, no other visible faults. VG* Jacket condition: Dull red paper dust wrapper. black and white design & title to spine and face, showing no shelf price. Considerable shelf wear to top edge and to head & tail of spine with slight tears. Spine badly faded. ACC* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, top edge coloured red but faded, small amount of foxing to end-papers & a few marks to fore edge, otherwise no visible faults. VG* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 256 pp. text. no index at rear.* Description: With grace and elegance, Margaret Irwin continues the story begun in "Young Bess," providing an intimate peek into the world of that most enigmatic of Britain's monarchs. It is factually accurate and puts you in the centre of the action, and her writing style makes the characters seem vividly real and gets the reader emotionally involved.* A VG copy with only minor faults, poor dust jacket reducing it to GD+*
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1047
- Title
- Elizabeth, Captive Princess
- Author
- Irwin, Margaret
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/VG/ACC
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Thus, Reprint 1950
- Publisher
- The Reprint Society
- Place of Publication
- London UK 0
- Date Published
- 1950-01-01
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...