The Water Beetle
by Mitford, Nancy
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Good
- Seller
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New Port Richey, Florida, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Harper & Row, 1962. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Good. Lancaster, Osbert. (1st) Illustrated by Osbert Lancaster. Slightly smaller book, dark green cloth spine, light yellow boards, gilt just good on spine, 150 lightly browned pages, illustrations throughout. Essays on August Hare, visit to Russia in 1954, Greece, Louis XV and much more. DJ heavy paper, brown background with ornate illustration of ladies and gentlemen in opera box on front, essay on back by Evelyn Waugh on Mitford. DJ back lightly soiled, tiny tear at spine top left and right edge, two very tiny tears and two micronicks at spine bottom edge, two tiny tears, one with crease at top back edge. Good DJ/Very Fine book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Callaghan Books South (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26559
- Title
- The Water Beetle
- Author
- Mitford, Nancy
- Illustrator
- Lancaster, Osbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- Essay August Hare France Russia Louis XV
- Bookseller catalogs
- Essay;
Terms of Sale
Callaghan Books South
Books may be returned with 5 days for full refund--in same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Callaghan Books South
Biblio member since 2004
New Port Richey, Florida
About Callaghan Books South
An internet bookstore, we have added 20 books a day to our inventory for a total of more than 40,000, specializing in Poetry, Vietnam Conflict, Native American, Literary Criticism.
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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
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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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.