A Legacy
by BEDFORD, Sybille
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Winchester, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1957. First American Edition. First printing. Small octavo (20cm). Cloth-backed boards; dustjacket; 311pp. Straight and tight, but text rather toned at margins, as usual for this title; thus no better than VG. In original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $3.50 on lower jacket flap); slightly darkened on spine, mildly soiled on lighter portions; Very Good+.
Bedford's highly-regarded first novel, set among the German aristocracy at the end of the Nineteenth Century.
Bedford's highly-regarded first novel, set among the German aristocracy at the end of the Nineteenth Century.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56523
- Title
- A Legacy
- Author
- BEDFORD, Sybille
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Glossary
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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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...