London: Collins. Bound in light blue cloth with bright, black title lettering to spine, this hardcover 1953 First Edition is VG in Vg wrapper (Unclipped dustwrapper). 254pp with coloured frontis and thirty chapters. Neat nam e on front free endpaper. Otherwise perfectly clean endpapers. Wrapper has slight wear at top/tail of spine, and tiny chips at top/tail of return flaps at hinge. Return flap hinges have slight rubbing. Front panel of colour printed wrapper shows ballet dancer in Tutu with wings in woodland glade.General condition VG for date. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1953.

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Bookseller: Camillas Bookshop (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 005624
Title: A Dancer From the Abbey
Author: Oxenham, Elsie J
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Collins
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1953
Keywords: Elsie J. Oxenham, A Dancer from the Abbey, First Edition in Dustwrapper
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Camilla's Bookshop is a large secondhand and antiquarian bookstore situated in the resort town of Eastbourne.We have more than 500,000 books in all categories. Our specialities include: armed forces, transport, travel, politics, history, literature (several thousand novels including modern firsts), religion, esoteric & occult and art.Shop hours are 10:00 - 17:00, excepting Sundays and Bank Holidays.Unfortunately, we do not ship to Denmark.

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Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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