Jonathan Cape 1939. FIRST EDITION, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, 447pp, VG (spine sl cocked, light bruising to top extrems, sl soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owners' names in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (all corners lightly clipped, moderate tanning & foxing, heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some sl loss, moderate chafing & soiling)

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Bookseller: Hard To Find Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 298498
Title: Disgrace Abounding
Author: REED, DOUGLAS
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Jonathan Cape 1939
Keywords: first edition autobiography memoir Douglas Reed social commentary

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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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