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Frenchman's Creek (Advance Review Copy)
by Daphne du Maurier
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Orange Park, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1942. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Advance review copy preceding the publication of the first edition hardcover book. Softcover book with French flaps with publisher's $2.50 price on front flap. Illustrated covers are identical to the dust jacket of the first-edition hardcover. Title page is dated 1942 and "First Edition" is stated on copyright page. 310 text pages preceded by four bound pages of facsimile copies of four of the publisher's signed typewritten letters describing the book and the author, the last dated December 1, 1941. Measures 7 3/4" x 5 1/2" x 1 1/4". In VERY GOOD condition. Book is tightly bound. Heavy vertical creasing, slight concavity and light wear to the spine. Covers and flaps are otherwise bright and clean, illustrated front panel especially so with colors remaining vibrant. Slight creasing at the corners. One 1" closed tear at bottom edge of rear panel, which also has some light browning. One tiny stain on fore edge with outer edges otherwise clean and spotless. Pages are unmarked and practically flawless except for a light bend at the top corner of the last half of the text. Previous owner's signature on front endpaper..
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- Bookseller
- Odysseus Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3919
- Title
- Frenchman's Creek (Advance Review Copy)
- Author
- Daphne du Maurier
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran and Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1942
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- collectible, 1st edition, advance, review copy, proof
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; First Printings;
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- Flap(s)
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- Fore Edge
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- Title Page
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- 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...
- Copyright page
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- New
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- Advance Review Copy
- Advance Review Copy, a specially printed copy of the book, generally paperback, which has been produced and distributed by the...
- First Edition
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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....
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Jacket
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