MANSERVANT AND MAIDSERVANT
by COMPTON-BURNETT, I
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Lanesborough, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London: Gollancz, 1947. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 243. Blue cloth, stamped in gilt. Owners' bookplate on pastedown, name on flyleaf. Ends a little foxed, cover slightly scuffed at edges, o/w a VG tight copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Life Books Inc
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45574
- Title
- MANSERVANT AND MAIDSERVANT
- Author
- COMPTON-BURNETT, I
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1947
Terms of Sale
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Books returnable within 10 days.
About the Seller
Second Life Books Inc
Biblio member since 2008
Lanesborough, Massachusetts
About Second Life Books Inc
Established on 1972, we sell used and rare books. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Assoc. of America, the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers and the Massachusetts and Rhode Island Booksellers .
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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