Instead of the Thorn
by Heyer, Georgette
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
College Point, N. Y.: Buccaneer Books. Near Fine with no dust jacket. [1976]. Hardcover. No signatures.; A good quality facsimile reprint of the US edition of 1924. No date [1976]. Red cloth boards with black lettering on spine. [vi], 345 pages. Page dimensions: 214 x 138 mm. A novel. "An interesting character study of Elizabeth Arden, whose intelligence and emotions had been smothered from her earliest days by the cotton-wool advice of the Victorian maiden aunt who brought her up." ; 8vo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13509
- Title
- Instead of the Thorn
- Author
- Heyer, Georgette
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Buccaneer Books
- Place of Publication
- College Point, N. Y.
- Date Published
- [1976]
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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