The Scarlet Seed
by PARGETER, EDITH
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
William Heinemann 1963. First edition, octavo, dark blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, 291pp, VG+ (foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (some bruising, creasing & nicks to edges, light tanning to rear, to flaps & to interior)
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- Title
- The Scarlet Seed
- Author
- PARGETER, EDITH
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann 1963
- Keywords
- Edith Pargeter literature historical fiction Wales first edition
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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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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