Frederica
by Georgette Heyer
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/Good
- Seller
-
Mona Vale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Bodley Head, UK, 1965. First Export Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Book Exactly the same as the UK first , printed in the UK but the jacket shows an Australian price Size: 12mo (7 to 8 inches). Item Type: Book. Binding tight, spine fine. Foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Moderate wear to jacket but complete. Gift inscription , neat, to preliminary pages. Edges foxed and browned..
Synopsis
Frederica is one of readers’ favorite Heyers, with a young woman burdened with the responsibilities of being the head of her family, and a hero whose jaded boredom is transformed by an accident with a hot air balloon...In Frederica, Georgette Heyer explores the difficulties of a woman of the Regency era operating without the patronage and protection of a man.A country beauty and a very capable young woman, Frederica is burdened with the responsibilities of being head of her family, leaving her little time to think of herself and her own future. When she brings her brood to London to find a husband for her stunningly beautiful younger sister, she naturally expects the patronage of their guardian, the Marquis of Alverstoke, who is, however, too bored and cynical to be bothered. But when Frederica’s younger brother’s obsession with such scientific innovations as ironworks and balloon flight leads to a devastating accident, the Marquis can no longer ignore his charges...
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shiny Owl Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48533
- Title
- Frederica
- Author
- Georgette Heyer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Export Edition
- Publisher
- Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- BZDB157 Fiction; Fiction::Historical Fiction; Unbranded Georgette Heyer Frederica
Terms of Sale
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We do not Drop Ship Internationally. Drop Ships within Australia will attract a $5 surcharge
About the Seller
Shiny Owl Books
Biblio member since 2006
Mona Vale, New South Wales
About Shiny Owl Books
Formerly known as Retriever Books, Dee Why we now have a bookshop in Mona Vale further up the peninsula on the Northern Beaches of SydneyOpening HoursTuesday to Friday 10.15 to 5Saturday 9.30 to 4.30Sunday & Monday closedOpen every day except New Year's Day, Australia Day, Anzac Day, Good Friday, Mother's Day, Christmas Day and Boxing DayWe have over fifty categories of books in-store, we appear to have many titles inCurrently only 8000 books are listed here. Please use the offline search service link to forward us a book title you require or just send an email.Not all online titles are held in the shop, so contact us prior to coming in to view particular titles.Up to 8 hour free parking across the road in the council car park
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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