ROSA
by Michael Harrison:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
theberton suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Peter Davies London 1962 Fair/Poor (grubby dj with 1" area of loss across head of spine and 2" loss at tail, lightly soiled pink cloth boards with damp stain top 1" of spine and light damp spotting top edges of boards, damp spotting edges of fixed endpapers, the pages are clean and bright and the binding firm, front board is skewed, reading copy only) octavo 289pp. First edition. Biography of a modern Cinderella, the Victorian scullery-maid who became the proprietress of the Cavendish Hotel in London which she transformed into the meeting-place of international aristocracy. Rosa Lewis of The Cavendish
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Details
- Bookseller
- lobstabooks (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42462
- Title
- ROSA
- Author
- Michael Harrison:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Peter Davies London 1962
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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theberton suffolk
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...