Lorna Doone
by Richard Doddridge Blackmore
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Macmillan & Co Ltd., 1935. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1935. No edition remarks. 161 pages. No dust jacket. Purple cloth. Pages are mildly tanned. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Heavy thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to pastedowns and rear endpapers. Notable scuffing to front endpaper. Large water staining to fore edge and to pages. Mild annotations and marginalia to pages throughout. Boards have moderate edgewear with corner crushing and heavy marking to boards. Heavy tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing and tearing to ends. Ink stains and pen to front board. Book has forward lean.
Synopsis
Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor is a novel by Richard Doddridge Blackmore. It is a romance based on a group of historical characters and set in the late 17th century in Devon and Somerset.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1704372780MXP
- Title
- Lorna Doone
- Author
- Richard Doddridge Blackmore
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1935
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- Edges
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- Fore Edge
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- Marginalia
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- Jacket
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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....