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The End of the House of Alard
by Kaye-Smith, Sheila
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London, UK: Cassell and Company, 1925. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Uniform edition. 356pp. In blue cloth-covered boards, titles blind stamped on front panel, with gilt titles on spine. 12mo. Boards rubbed at edges, rounded on corners and spine ends, unevenly faded, sunned over spine. Raw indentation on fore-edge. Endpapers tanned, front hinge cracked. A little tanning in margins for first and last few leaves. Sheila Kaye-Smith was a popular English novelist, known for her many novels set in borderland country between Sussex and Kent. We have many Sheila Kaye-Smith titles in stock. Please inquire for discounts if considering ordering more than one item.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017026
- Title
- The End of the House of Alard
- Author
- Kaye-Smith, Sheila
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Cassell and Company
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1925
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fiction, novels, Forgotten Authors
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About the Seller
BookAddiction
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nr Canterbury, Kent
About BookAddiction
Based in the leafy hamlet of Chartham Hatch, just a few miles from the historic Cathedral city of Canterbury, BookAddiction offers beautiful, illustrated and collectible used books and a selection of unique works on paper.BookAddiction was established in 1999 (originally trading as The Virtual Bookshelf). We are members of the book-selling co-operation, Ibooknet, which extends the highest professional and ethical standards, and are in the process of joining the Provincial Booksellers' Fairs Association (PBFA).Follow our blog, on books and book collecting at www.bookaddictionuk.wordpress.uk or visit our website at www.bookaddiction.co.uk.We welcome inquiries about our books and endeavour to respond promptly. Please ask away, Offers always welcome.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Uniform Edition
- A collection or series of individual volumes of an author's work bound to match with a uniform size and style. Especially common...
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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....
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