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DOWN THE GARDEN PATH
by Nichols, Beverley
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Fair
- Seller
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Naas, Kildare, Ireland
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom,: Jonathan Cape, 1932. Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First UK Edition , First Printing. Octavo. Pp. 290. A true first printing "First Published 1932" to the copyright page and no statement of reprint in a original dust jacket , not price clipped, It is average at best with tape repairs to the rear and loss to the corners, base and crown of the spine. Original end pages and decorated green boards. Owner name and address to the verso front end page, else clean pages, tight binding. Laid in loosely is a typed letter, signed by the author. on "Woman's Own" headed paper where she worked as an editor. The book itself is not signed .
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- Bookseller
- Kelleher Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016217
- Title
- DOWN THE GARDEN PATH
- Author
- Nichols, Beverley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom,
- Date Published
- 1932
- Keywords
- DOWN THE GARDEN PATH, FIRST EDITION, Nichols, Beverley, signed
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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Naas, Kildare
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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