The Paper Dolls
by L. P. Davies
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
E-063: Herbert Jenkins. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1964. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Herbert Jenkins. 1964. 224 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present (DJ panels lightly scuffed and worn, trace of scuffing present to the spine ends). Bound in cloth boards with gilt titles present. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Offsetting present to the endpapers. Binding tight and solid. Thorne is a malcontent and a bully. He disobeys his teacher and goes with several other boys to get some athletic equipment at Cockley School when he decides to do a backflip off a building. Leslie Purnell Davies (20 October 1914 – 6 January 1988) was a British novelist whose works typically combine elements of horror, science fiction and mystery. He also wrote many short stories under several pseudonyms, including: L. Purnell Davies, Leo Berne, Richard Bridgeman, Morgan Evans, Ian Jefferson, Lawrence Phillips, Thomas Philips, G. K. Thomas, Leslie Vardre, and Rowland Welch. E-63; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53234
- Title
- The Paper Dolls
- Author
- L. P. Davies
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Herbert Jenkins
- Place of Publication
- E-063
- Date Published
- 1964
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- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
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- G
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