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Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor
by Blackmore, R. D
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Heritage Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1943. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full green cloth, gilt lettering and brown decoration on spine. Illustrated with color plates and B&W drawings by John Austen. . Spine is slightly sunned, front cover has a few faint, stray marks, else tight, square and clean. In very good slipcase which has light dust soiling on top and bottom edges, some faint finger smudges and one small split. VERY GOOD+.. Color Plates and B&W Illustrations. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. xv, 549 pp .
Synopsis
Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor is a novel by Richard Doddridge Blackmore. It is a romance based on a group of historical characters and set in the late 17th century in Devon and Somerset.
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17010
- Title
- Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor
- Author
- Blackmore, R. D
- Illustrator
- John Austen
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Heritage Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- Fiction;, Literature;, Novels;, Romance;, Heritage Press;, Private Press;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
Round Table Books, LLC lists rare, beautiful and interesting books. All books are described accurately, packed carefully and shipped promptly. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Any book may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.
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- Edges
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- First Edition
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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....
- Cloth
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