VALLEY BEYOND TIME
by Wilkins, Vaughan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A very good copy, W.H. Smith lending library labels to front paste-down, some fade spots to cloth, some light soil spots to clot
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, [1955]. First edition. A very good copy, W.H. Smith lending library labels to front paste-down, some fade spots to cloth, some light soil spots to cloth in a very good dust jacket, light shelf wear to spine ends and corners, small closed tear to base of front panel, spine panel has slight age darkening. (9281). Octavo, cloth. Barron (ed.): Fantasy Literature 3-372.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9281
- Title
- VALLEY BEYOND TIME
- Author
- Wilkins, Vaughan
- Book Condition
- Used - A very good copy, W.H. Smith lending library labels to front paste-down, some fade spots to cloth, some light soil spots to clot
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1955]
- Keywords
- Fantasy
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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