ANCESTRAL VOICES
by Lees-Milne, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0701121106
- ISBN 13
- 9780701121105
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1976. 1st printing. Hardcover. Frontispiece. pp. x, 301.,8vo,,,Lees-Milne's diaries of his work with the National Trust 'gives us a first-hand account of country house life in wartime England as well as sketches of eccentric owners and the author's friends in literary and social circles.' Spine slant, bookplate and ink name to ffep, light rubbing to edges, rear board shows some bubbling at bottom edge; overall good+ in lightly scuffed dj with a few small chips at folds and a 1-inch square moisture mark to rear flap. ISBN 0701121106.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9900032337
- Title
- ANCESTRAL VOICES
- Author
- Lees-Milne, James
- Illustrator
- Frontispiece
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st printing
- ISBN 10
- 0701121106
- ISBN 13
- 9780701121105
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- Prophesying Peace;National Trust;Architecture;Historic Buildings;Diaries;Journals;Cultural history;Social history;Autobiography
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Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.