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DON'T TELL ALFRED
by Mitford, Nancy
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in very good dust jacket with only a tiny chip at the top of the spine and some closed tears. A sharp copy.
- Seller
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Derry, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1960. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in very good dust jacket with only a tiny chip at the top of the spine and some closed tears. A sharp copy.. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Third installment in Mitford's loosely connected series of novels known as the "The Pursuit of Love" trilogy. 8vo, green cloth. PLEASE NOTE that all our First Editions are also First Printings, unless we specifically note otherwise. All our dust jackets are protected in clear mylar covers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bert Babcock - Bookseller, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50959
- Title
- DON'T TELL ALFRED
- Author
- Mitford, Nancy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in very good dust jacket with only a tiny chip at the top of the spine and some closed tears. A sharp copy.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition / First Printing
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- fiction, mmb
Terms of Sale
Bert Babcock - Bookseller, LLC
Please note that all items are offered subject to prior sale. All our books are FIRST EDITIONS and FIRST PRINTINGS unless noted otherwise. All dust jackets are protected in clear mylar covers. All books are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 10 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Bert Babcock - Bookseller, LLC
Biblio member since 2005
Derry, New Hampshire
About Bert Babcock - Bookseller, LLC
Modern first editions - mainly American and English - many of the books being signed; poetry, poetry broadsides, and press books. Most of our holdings are modern and fairly contemporary, and feature both mainstream and genre fiction (e.g. contemporary literature, detective & science fiction), with emphasis on notable writers and literary prize-winners in both prose and poetry.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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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