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The L-Shaped Room
by Lynne Reid Banks
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$291.88A$262.70
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About This Item
London: Chatto and WIndus, 1960. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5". None. A lovely first edition copy of this popular novel by Lynne Reid Banks. The first edition of this work. A novel following the story of a pregnant young woman named Jane who moves to a boarding school in London. In the L-shaped room, Jane grows and opens up, and develops a new outlook on life and the courage to change the future. The novel was adapted into a film by Bryan Forbes. With the unclipped dustwrapper designed by Una Bishop. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, lovely with only minor shelfwear. The dustwrapper is unclipped and excellent with minor shelfwear and minor sunning to spine, as well as minor damp marks internal to wraps, affecting the externals only slightly to the front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Very minor faint scattered spotting to the endpapers, not affecting the pages which are bright and clean. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 763A50
- Title
- The L-Shaped Room
- Author
- Lynne Reid Banks
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chatto and WIndus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1960
- Size
- 8" by 5"
- Keywords
- first editions dustwrapper lynne reid banks modern dustwrapper women
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Dustwrapper
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- New
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- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- First Edition
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- 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....
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