The little Madeleine
by Mrs.Robert Henrey
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd, 1951. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1951. First Edition. 350 pages. Signed by the author. Laminated pictorial dust jacket over black cloth. Ex libris plate at front. Flat signed by author to title page. Colour frontispiece. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Some cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding slightly loose. Minor pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. Some mild marks and staining to surfaces. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears, chipping and creasing. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine. Small tape repair to rear.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1714560815LEE
- Title
- The little Madeleine
- Author
- Mrs.Robert Henrey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd
- Date Published
- 1951
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Spine
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Shelf Wear
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- Jacket
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- Title Page
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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