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The Queen And I
by Sue Townsend
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Methuen, 1992. Hardcover. Good. 1992. First Edition. 239 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Signed by the author with dedication to title page: 'Best wishes, Sue Townsend x'. Pages have mild tanning with progression to edges throughout. Pen marking to title page. Mild tanning and foxing to text block edges. Pen scribbles to lower edge. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild water stains across front board. Notable large dent across rear board. Moderate scratching and marking to boards. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has forward lean.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1690807579LEE
- Title
- The Queen And I
- Author
- Sue Townsend
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Methuen
- Date Published
- 1992
Terms of Sale
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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