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A Late Beginner
by Napier, Priscilla Hayter
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good, with unclipped d/j (good, a little bumping at edges), grey boards, brown half-bound spine with bright gilt titling; t
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Michael Joseph, 1968. 4th imp. hardback. Very good, with unclipped d/j (good, a little bumping at edges), grey boards, brown half-bound spine with bright gilt titling; text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked. Neat owner's inscription on ffep.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Priscilla Napier (1908-1998) was an English author, specializing in biography. Her brother was British Ambassador to the USSR and then Warden of New College Oxford, while her sister Alethea was a literary biographer. Her husband of 10 years, was killed on active service in 1940, after which she brought up their three children and became a writer and published poet.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC102719
- Title
- A Late Beginner
- Author
- Napier, Priscilla Hayter
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, with unclipped d/j (good, a little bumping at edges), grey boards, brown half-bound spine with bright gilt titling; t
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 4th imp
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1968
- Pages
- 261
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- memoir, autobiography, Priscilla Napier
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9\"\" x 6\"\")
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- Gilt
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- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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