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I Capture the Castle
by Smith, Dodie
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Poor
- Seller
-
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1948. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. This is a first printing of the first American edition, with the "Published October 1948" statement on the verso of the title page. The interior of the book is clean, with no signatures or marks and very few signs of previous use. The paper covering the hinge at the half title page has split, but the underlying netting is intact. The edge of the text block has darkened. The cloth covers are clean, with light edge wear, but there is serious fading to the spine colour. The dust jacket is price clipped (top right hand corner of the flap). The dust jacket is only in Good condition, with moderate wear overall, and more sserious wear and sun tanning at the spine. The attached scans should provide a better idea of condition.
Synopsis
I Capture the Castle is Dodie Smith's first novel, and was published in 1948. Smith, who wrote the novel during a sojourn in America, was already an established playwright and later became famous for authoring the children's classic The Hundred and One Dalmatians. I Capture the Castle relates the adventures of an eccentric family, the Mortmains, struggling to live in a decaying English castle in the 1930s. The story is told by Cassandra Mortmain, a bright teenager, through her personal journal.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Granny Goose Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008178
- Title
- I Capture the Castle
- Author
- Smith, Dodie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1948
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adult Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Granny Goose Books
Biblio member since 2008
Ottawa, Ontario
About Granny Goose Books
Used and collectable children's books.
Glossary
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- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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