A Proper Marriage
by LESSING, Doris
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: Michael Joseph, 1954. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (19cm); black cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [8],9-438,[2]pp. Spine ends gently nudged, with a faint, tiny splash mark to upper and lower edge of textblock; contents clean; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 12s 6d net), gently spine-sunned and lightly edgeworn, with a few tiny tears, and two shallow nicks at crown; Very Good+. The second volume in the Nobel Prize-winning author's Children of Violence series, written between 1952-1969.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51513
- Title
- A Proper Marriage
- Author
- LESSING, Doris
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Africa;
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
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...