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My Brother Michael & The Ivy Tree
by Mary Stewart
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1960-1961. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None. Two very smart works from Mary Stewart, with the original dust wrappers. Two volumes. Written by Mary Stewart, a British novelist known for developing the romantic mystery genre featuring smart and adventurous heroines who held their own in dangerous circumstances. This set includes: My Brother Michael, 1960. First published in 1959. After breaking off her engagement, Camilla Haven is holidaying alone in Greece. While sitting in a café in Athens, a man approaches her about her hired car to Delphi. She wants to visit Delphi, but she hasn't booked the car, should she take it? The Ivy Tree, 1961. First edition. A romantic suspense novel following Mary Grey who has come from Canada to visit Hadrian's Wall. When Connor Winslow accuses her of being his long-lost cousin Annabel, she must assure him that she is not his relative. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear only. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also smart with light shelf wear and minor chipping to the extremities. Light sunning to the spine and the odd very small closed tear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 872T50
- Title
- My Brother Michael & The Ivy Tree
- Author
- Mary Stewart
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1960-1961
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Brother Michael Ivy Tree Michael
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Fine
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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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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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