With a Feather on My Nose
by Billie Burke
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Poor
- Seller
-
Stanmore, New South Wales, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Memoirs of Billie Burke, American star of stage and screen in the early 20th century. Co-written with Cameron Shipp and with a foreword by Ivor Novello.
Blue grey cloth boards with gilt on purple titles to spine and purple titles to front board. No jacket. Includes black and white photographs.
This book is in poor condition, with staining and rubbing to cover. The spine is severely ribbed with threadbare patches especially at top and bottom. Pages show tanning and spotting. Bookseller's sticker inside front cover ("Dymock's Book Arcade") and black felt markings which obscure inscriptions.
Blue grey cloth boards with gilt on purple titles to spine and purple titles to front board. No jacket. Includes black and white photographs.
This book is in poor condition, with staining and rubbing to cover. The spine is severely ribbed with threadbare patches especially at top and bottom. Pages show tanning and spotting. Bookseller's sticker inside front cover ("Dymock's Book Arcade") and black felt markings which obscure inscriptions.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Beth's Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- NF00055
- Title
- With a Feather on My Nose
- Author
- Billie Burke
- Format/Binding
- Blue grey decorated cloth boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Peter Davies
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1950
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; Theatre & Movies;
Terms of Sale
Beth's Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged. All items are packaged carefully for travel from Australia.
About the Seller
Beth's Books
Biblio member since 2018
Stanmore, New South Wales
About Beth's Books
An avid collector over many years, I am now parting with some of my beloved books. Most of my collection is over 50 years old. My particular interests include cookery, poetry, philosophy, natural therapies, and Scottish literature.
Glossary
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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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...