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The Last Queen
by Gortner, C. W
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0345501845
- ISBN 13
- 9780345501844
- Seller
-
Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Ballantine Books, 2008. First Edition, First Printing Thus . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book was originally published in 2006 by Two Bridges Press. Book will transport you to the glittering and lethal courts of Flanders, France and Tudor England. Book has rose ccolored boards with a brown spine with gilt text. Red remainder dot bottom edge, tail of spine rubbed, ow book is as new. Unclipped ($25.00) DJ has edge wear at top of both flaps. Bookseller's Inventory # 122604.
Synopsis
C. W. Gortner, half-Spanish by birth, holds an M.F.A. in writing, with an emphasis on historical studies, from the New College of California and has taught university courses on women of power in the Renaissance. He was raised in Málaga, Spain, and now lives in California. www.cwgortner.com
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lower Beverley Better Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002604
- Title
- The Last Queen
- Author
- Gortner, C. W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0345501845
- ISBN 13
- 9780345501844
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2008
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- LCCN
- 2008005491
- Keywords
- JUANALA LOCA, QUEEN OF CASTILLE, 1479-1555 - FICTION. QUEENS - SPAIN - CASTILLE - FICTION. SPAIN - KINGS AND RULERS - FICTION.
Terms of Sale
Lower Beverley Better Books
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
Lower Beverley Better Books
Biblio member since 2014
Lyndhurst, Ontario
About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
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- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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