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The Independence of Claire
by De Horne Vaizey, Mrs George (aka Jessie Mansergh)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
-
SHERINGHAM, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Religious Tract Society,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. c1930. Hardcover. H/b in dustwrapper; vg/vg; blue cloth cover with gold gilt lettering to spine; colour frontis; name inside (not authors) ; minor foxing to blocked page edges; gorgeous illustrated dustwrapper, illustration of girl smelling flowers on spine of d/w; this is a series in which Vaizey books for girls were 'reissued in new and artistic wrappers of unique and attractive design' they make a beautiful set. This is a particularly attractive copy of a scarcer title. ; Vaizey Books for Girls; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peakirk Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86907
- Title
- The Independence of Claire
- Author
- De Horne Vaizey, Mrs George (aka Jessie Mansergh)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Publisher
- Religious Tract Society,
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- c1930
- Keywords
- Children's, Girls, Vaizey Books For Girls
Terms of Sale
Peakirk Books
If you feel the book is not as described, please return within 7 days, and you will be refunded. Please inform us that your book will be coming back first.
About the Seller
Peakirk Books
Biblio member since 2005
SHERINGHAM, Norfolk
About Peakirk Books
We are situated in North Norfolk & specialise in childrens books & Crime Fiction. We also carry a large general stock. 25,000+ books.
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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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- 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....
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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