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STEPSONS OF FRANCE. Autograph Postcard Signed by the Author Laid In.
by WREN, P.C. [Percival Christopher]
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co., 210 Victoria Street, 1928. Reprint. Octavo, original grey cloth stamped in black on spine panel and in blind on upper cover. 316 pp. AUTOGRAPH POSTCARD SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR loosly laid in, addressed to Miss Cond, The Dell, Hampton in Arden, Warwickshire: "I'll send you one already signed, if you let me know which you'd like. / PC Wren". Return address Westwood House, Talbot Woods, Bournemouth; postmarked 1932, postage stamp removed. Mild foxing to page edges, corners slightly knocked; lacking (neatly!) the front free endpaper. A very good copy in the original pictorial dust jacket, small chips at head & heel of spine panel,light wear & rubbing.
¶ Early reprint, Colonial Edition. Originally issued in London by John Murray in 1917.
¶ Early reprint, Colonial Edition. Originally issued in London by John Murray in 1917.
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- Bookseller
- Thompson Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 313342
- Title
- STEPSONS OF FRANCE. Autograph Postcard Signed by the Author Laid In.
- Author
- WREN, P.C. [Percival Christopher]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co., 210 Victoria Street
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1928
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- Literature;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- PC
- Partially chipped (dustjacket)
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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