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A Spy of Napoleon
by BARONESS ORCZY
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Foster, Rhode Island, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Hodder & Stoughton, 1934-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Hodder & Stoughton Limited; London, 1934. Hardcover. First Edition. Very Good, blue cloth binding with black lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, sunned spine and board margins, bit bent spine edges with small abrasions to buckram, dent top front fore-edge with small abrasion to buckram, rubbing to board and spine edges, small soiled spot rear board, tear to mid front joint buckram, frayed spine edges with small tears to spine edge buckram, some age toning to pages, small bookstore sticker bottom rear pastedown else unmarked, large moisture stains to spine, mild scattered foxing front pastedowns/endpapers, mild spine lean, some handling/scuff marks to boards, small abrasion top front board corner, without Dust wrapper. A nice and clean copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches], 321pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. Please Note: Depending on site, actual book for sale may differ physically from picture listed. Additional scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lavendier Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU1030461
- Title
- A Spy of Napoleon
- Author
- BARONESS ORCZY
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Date Published
- 1934-01-01
- Weight
- 1.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Lavendier Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Lavendier Books
Biblio member since 2008
Foster, Rhode Island
About Lavendier Books
Selling quailty books for over 20 years.
Glossary
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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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