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The Hills is Lonely
by Lillian Beckwith
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hutchinson of London, 1964. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1964. 13th Impressions. 207 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over paper covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with light tanning. Notable dust marks to to text-block edges. Small sticker to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light scratches to front board. Light sunning to spine with notable crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Book has light forward lean. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Notable stain to front panel. Visible tanning to spine and flaps edges.
Synopsis
Delightful memoir of a retired schoolteacher who went crofting on a remote Hebridean island and fell in love with the place and its people.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1702575053LEE
- Title
- The Hills is Lonely
- Author
- Lillian Beckwith
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hutchinson of London
- Date Published
- 1964
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- 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....
- 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...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- 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...