Hodder and Stoughton. 1968 1st.. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. In dark blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Spine slightly darkened with slight browning to front and back. Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Slight browning to edges. Else a clean and tight copy. 317 pp. Historical novel set in Portugal during the Napoleonic wars. A young woman escapes her unhappy life in England to return to her childhood home in Portugal, just as Napoleon is planning invade.

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Bookseller: The Antique Map & Bookshop (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 89209
Title: The Winding Stair.
Author: HODGE, JANE AIKEN:
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton. 1968 1st.
Keywords: Literature jane aiken hodge, winding stair, novel, portugal, napoleonic wars, first, dustwrapper,

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The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.

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Dustwrapper: Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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....
Price Clipped: When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
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: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...