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Devil Water
by Seton, Anya
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Kirkwall, Orkney, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: The Reprint Society, 1963. Slight creasing to edges of dustwrapper, minor bumping to ends of dark red spine and corners of blue boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover historical novel. Originally published in 1962, this is a book club edition from the next year. Set in England and Virginia in the first half of the eighteenth century, the story deals with James, Earl of Derwentwater and his brother Charles who were both executed for their part in the Jacobite Rising; and with Charles's daughter Jenny who went to live in Virginia. 506pp, family tree on front endpapers and 2 maps at the rear.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- JimsOldBooks
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012150
- Title
- Devil Water
- Author
- Seton, Anya
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- Publisher
- The Reprint Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1963
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Historic-Fiction, Derwentwater, Radcliffe
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Historical Fiction;
Terms of Sale
JimsOldBooks
Books dispatched within 1-2 working days. Returns accepted but customer should notify me within seven days of receipt of the book. Postage charges based on average book weight. Reduced rates will apply to lighter parcels when possible. Heavy books are mentioned in the book description, you will be informed of any increased charges before the book is dispatched.
About the Seller
JimsOldBooks
Biblio member since 2004
Kirkwall, Orkney
About JimsOldBooks
Based in Kirkwall, Orkney off the north coast of Scotland. No shop, internet sales only..
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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