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Dear Beast
by Nancy Hale
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Caterham, Surrey, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Published by Macmillan & Co., London; 1960. 8vo. 327pp. First edition, first impression. Condition: Near Fine/Very Good.
Bound in original green cloth boards, the biding is square and tight and in smart condition, with just a little bumping an sunning to the spine ends and corners. Inside, the pages are clean and bright, with just some toning and the occasional age spot. It is otherwise free from blemishes or damage.
The book is housed in its original first issue dust jacket. There is some sunning to the spine, rear, and edges, and some shelf wear to the edges. In spite of this, however, it remains bright and smart.
In all, this is a smart example of this first edition by Nancy Hale. It is an intriguing story about the precarious relationship between a young woman from Vermont and a Southern community which sometimes acts as though the Civil War never happened. Nancy Hale's wit, her gentle but shrewd eye for mannerisms and characters, and her evocative style make the small world of Starkeyville, Virginia, vivid and revealing (blurb).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Everlasting Editions
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1176
- Title
- Dear Beast
- Author
- Nancy Hale
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first impression
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1960
- Pages
- 327pp
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Nancy, Hale, dear, beast, romance, america, usa, vermont, first, 1st, edition, vintage, gift, book, fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions; Literature Firsts;
Terms of Sale
Everlasting Editions
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Everlasting Editions
Biblio member since 2015
Caterham, Surrey
About Everlasting Editions
Everlasting Editions sells beautiful rare, collectible and signed first edition books to treasure for a lifetime. We offer a wide range of books rom a variety of genres, but specialising in Modern First Editions and Children's First Editions. Whether you simply collect for the joy of owning beautiful rare books or whether you believe, as we do, that they are a worthwhile investment in a time of economic difficulties, we are confident that we have the right book for you.
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- Cloth
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- Shelf Wear
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- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
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