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The Locks of Norbury
by The Duchess of Sermoneta
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$63.07NZ$47.29
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About This Item
The Locks of Norbury by The Duchess of Sermoneta
Hardback, 1940, first edition, second print, with black and white illustrations and genealogical table, published by John Murray, London, 390 pages.
Measures around 8 3/4"/22.3cm x 6"/15.2cm. Sky blue cloth boards and spine with gilt lettering to spine. Some scuffing and marking with shelf-wear and small tears to upper and lower edges of spine. Slight crack to front outer hinge. Binding reasonably firm though strained here and there. Corners a little bumped. Browning and scuffing to page edges, a little staining/marking to outer edge. Page surfaces generally clean, the odd mark and some pencil writing to title page and genealogical table. Penned gift inscription to FFEP. There does not appear to be any further marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information.
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- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIBLIO-078
- Title
- The Locks of Norbury
- Author
- The Duchess of Sermoneta
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1940
- Pages
- 390
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
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Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
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Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
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- Title Page
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- Cloth
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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....
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- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- First Edition
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