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The Berry Scene
by Yates, Dornford
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's, 1947. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. New York: G. P. Putnam's, 1947. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. First American Edition. Clean unfaded dark green cloth boards with bright silver lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 313 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, has a few tiny edge chips at top and bottom spine edge. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. By the author of Jonah & Co., Berry & Co., Blood Royal and An Eye for a Tooth. A humorous story by an author who had a huge following (these books have become quite scarce). The Berry Scene covers a long period and brings four charming companions through World War II, when England is no longer afforded the delights they had known and loved so well, to face a very different kind of life but with the same zest for living, a time when motor cars were first making their appearance on the narrow English roads. 8vo. Fiction..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015822
- Title
- The Berry Scene
- Author
- Yates, Dornford
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- BRITISH NOVEL FICTION DORNFORD YATES HUMOR ENGLAND GREAT BRITAIN WORLD WAR II
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About the Seller
Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Stanley, New York
About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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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...
- 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.
- 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...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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