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Love for Lydia.
by BATES, H. E
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Michael Joseph,, 1952. First edition, first impression, signed by the author on the title page. Set in a fictionalized version of the town in which Bates grew up, this historical novel is "perhaps his most accomplished" (ODNB). In 1977 it was adapted as a television series starring Jeremy Irons. Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, top edge red. With the dust jacket. Embossed ownership stamp on front free endpaper. Spine cocked, extremities lightly rubbed, minor marks to cloth, spots of foxing to edges; unclipped jacket bright, faint damp stain to verso, edges creased, a couple of nicks and chips: a very good copy in like jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 164708
- Title
- Love for Lydia.
- Author
- BATES, H. E
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Michael Joseph,
- Date Published
- 1952
Terms of Sale
Peter Harrington
All major credit cards are accepted. Both UK pounds and US dollars (exchange rate to be agreed) accepted. Books may be returned within 14 days of receipt for any reason, please notify first of returned goods.
About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Title Page
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- Verso
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- Octavo
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- First Edition
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- Edges
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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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