The Duchess of Wrexe: Her Decline and Death, A Romantic Commentary
by Walpole, Hugh
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Grosset & Dunlap, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good ; Good Jacket. Grosset & Dunlap. Copyright, 1914; later reprint, circa 1927. Hardcover has burgundy cloth-covered boards with gray decorations and cream spine and cover lettering. Top page edges are teal. Deckle fore edges. Front cover has blind-stamped publisher's logo. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Small bookshop sticker on front free endpaper. Pages clean and unmarked. 503 pages. Color illustrated dust jacket has light surface rubbing, a few smudges, chipped and nicked edges, and small tears. Jacket spine is lightly sunned. Jacket flaps list Grosset & Dunlap's "Novels of Distinction". Published by arrangement with Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. This is Walpole's Rising City, vol. 1. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.
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- Bookseller
- SmarterRat Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9115
- Title
- The Duchess of Wrexe: Her Decline and Death, A Romantic Commentary
- Author
- Walpole, Hugh
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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