London: Chatto & Windus/ The Hogarth Press, 1985. Hardback. Very Good. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Grey cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Pushing to spine ends. Edges tanned, toned, else, clean and tight. In the original dust jacket (featuring a very glum Ackland): spine and joints sunned, creasing to spine ends and top edge. A very good copy of Ackland's posthumously published confessional memoir.

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Bookseller: Quair Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 2148
Title: For Sylvia: An honest account
Author: ACKLAND, Valentine
Format/Binding: Hardback
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Chatto & Windus/ The Hogarth Press
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1985
Bookseller catalogs: Modern Firsts;

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.