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The Hand of Mary Constable
by Paul Gallico
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Petworth, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo.. First impression of the first edition of Gallico's tale of the supernatural. Dust jacket has slight shelf wear only and is not price clipped. Age darkened. Black cloth boards with red spine label. Pages are clean and binding is tight. Spotting to page edges. 8vo. Dedicated by Gallico on the fep to ' NG Lawson-Baker - who thank goodness doesn't carol when drilling - gragefully Paul W Gallico, London July 5 1971' 1964
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- Bookseller
- Reader’s Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5138
- Title
- The Hand of Mary Constable
- Author
- Paul Gallico
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1964
- Size
- 8vo.
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About the Seller
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Biblio member since 2019
Petworth, West Sussex
About Reader’s Books
Market town general antiquarian book shop specialising in literature, travel and history.
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Price Clipped
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