These Old Shades
by HEYER, Georgette
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Lancaster, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Book-Of-The-Month Club. Fair. c1926, 1950. Hardcover; Book Club Edition. Orange cloth binding soiled and worn (not to boards), book is cocked, spine ends and corners bumped. Front free endpaper removed, previous owner signature and number on half title page, page edges yellowed and soiled, a few page corners creased. No dust wrapper. ; <b>Is this book a sequel to Heyer's first novel, 'The Black Moth'? Many names and situations seem to be related, but with a "twist". Justin, Duke of Avon, finds a young boy fleeing from his abusive brother, and gives him a job as his page. This young person resembles Justin's long time enemy, the Comte de Saint-Vire, who shows great but subdued interest in him. A swashbuckling adventure tale, complete with plenty of romance, set in Paris and England in the 1750's.</b> .
Synopsis
These Old Shades (1926) is a Georgian (set around 1756) romance novel written by British novelist Georgette Heyer (1902-1974). It was an instant success, and established her as a writer.
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Details
- Seller
- Anglophile Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 5409
- Title
- These Old Shades
- Author
- HEYER, Georgette
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover; Book Club Edition
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Book-Of-The-Month Club
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- c1926, 1950
- Keywords
- British Woman Author, France, 18th Century England, Novel
- Bookseller catalogs
- Anglophile Fiction; British Women Authors; Anglophile Fiction G-P; Heyer, Georgette;
- Size
- 352 pages.
Terms of Sale
Anglophile Books
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About the Seller
Anglophile Books
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Lancaster, California
About Anglophile Books
Anglophile Books International Bookfinders; selling books on the internet since 1996. We began as an international booksearch service that locates out-of-print and difficult-to-find books. We are happy to search for any book in the following specialties: British women authors, Books for Anglophiles, Women\'s Studies/History, and Children\'s books. There are no fees or obligations to buy with our service. We now stock secondhand books on a variety of subjects, with special emphasis on our fields of interest.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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....
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