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Over The Gate
by Miss Read
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
Woodlawn, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Boston, Mass: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965. First Thus . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Goodall, J. S.. Stated First American Edition (First Thus). The Book Is Bound In Red Decorative Cloth Over One Quarter Red Faux Leather With Gilt Lettering On The Spine. The Top Edges Are Foxed And There Is Moderate Wear At The Spine Ends, Else Very Good. The Unclipped Jacket Has Some Small Chips At The Spine Ends And Light Dust Soiling Of The White Background On The Back.
Synopsis
Throughout her years as schoolmistress, Miss Read has gathered excellent accounts of the rich and varied history of her beloved country village, often through neighborly conversation over the gate. Fairacre has garnered its share of odd incidents, entertaining episodes, and village folklore, from an unusual recipe for weight loss found in an old notebook -- and used with alarming consequences -- to the tragic story of the village ghost. With characteristic grace and vigor, Miss Read retells many treasured stories of Fairacre past and present.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031385
- Title
- Over The Gate
- Author
- Miss Read
- Illustrator
- Goodall, J. S.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Mass
- Date Published
- 1965
- Pages
- 236
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- English Village Life - Fiction; Fairacre Village (Fictitious Place) Fiction
Terms of Sale
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
Biblio member since 2013
Woodlawn, Illinois
About Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
I have a small inventory of about 23,000 titles. I sell from my own property and only on-line. I started selling on line in 1999. This is my Fourth year with Biblio.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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