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The Black Laurel
by Jameson, Storm
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand
Item Price
A$18.32A$14.66
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About This Item
London: Macmillan, 1947. Much of the action takes place in Berlin, between August and October, 1945. But it is not a novel about Germany. It concerns a group of English people whose duties or interests place them in Berlin during the first summer of the Occupation. Green cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 349pp. Tiny nick to top edge of spine. Front hinge slightly loosened. Small crease to fore edge of 4 leaves. No inscriptions or foxing. DJ is chipped/worn at spine tips and corners with one tear to spine tail.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- All Booked
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001494
- Title
- The Black Laurel
- Author
- Jameson, Storm
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- Historical Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Historical Fiction;
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
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