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Mary Anne
by du Maurier, Daphne
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (good, some light chipping head of spine); red cloth boards, gilt spine titling bright; te
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Victor Gollancz, 1954. 1st. hardback. Very good, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (good, some light chipping head of spine); red cloth boards, gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, pages unmarked. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). Like its heroine the book is possessed of such unforgettably vivid charm that one is seduced' L. S. Hilton, author of Maestra. In Regency London, the only way for a woman to succeed is to beat men at their own game. So when Mary Anne Clarke seeks an escape from her squalid surroundings in Bowling Inn Alley, she ventures first into the scurrilous world of the pamphleteers. Her personal charms are such, however, that before long she comes to the notice of the Duke of York. With her taste for luxury and power, Mary Anne, now a royal mistress, must aim higher. Her lofty connections allow her to establish a thriving trade in military commissions, provoking a scandal that rocks the government - and brings personal disgrace. A vivid portrait of overweening ambition, Mary Anne is set during the Napoleonic Wars and based on the life of du Maurier's own great-great-grandmother.
Synopsis
Originally published: London : V. Gollancz, 1954.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC126281
- Title
- Mary Anne
- Author
- du Maurier, Daphne
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (good, some light chipping head of spine); red cloth boards, gilt spine titling bright; te
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Pages
- 379
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, fiction, du Maurier
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_\"\" x 5\"\")
Terms of Sale
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Gilt
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- A.N.
- The book is pristine and free of any defects, in the same condition as ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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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