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The Nuptials of Corbal
by Sabatini, Rafael
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hutchinson & Co, 1927. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Bret, Harold. [1927]. First edition, first impression (true first). 192pp. With colour plate frontispiece and four further colour illustrations, all by Harold Brett. Red cloth boards with gilt titles front and spine (rounded at corners, lightly rubbed at edges, mottled markings along leading edge and verso but else strong, firmly bound and square). Internally neat, clean, tight and bright, barring corner crease to front endpaper. In its original, unclipped, dust jacket (chipped and rubbed at edges, small crack on spine, shelf worn). Jacket fitted with archival-quality mylar wrapper to protect & prolong its life. It is not adhered to the book or to the jacket. This novel was turned into a British Film in 1936, released under the title The Marriage of Corbal. A short suspense romance set during the French Revolution. Glorious, unusual, illustrated endpapers.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002603
- Title
- The Nuptials of Corbal
- Author
- Sabatini, Rafael
- Illustrator
- Bret, Harold
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Impression
- Publisher
- Hutchinson & Co
- Date Published
- 1927
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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....
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Edges
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