Hamish Hamilton, 1938. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1938. First Edition. 278 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth. Boots library rebind with associated stickers and markings to pages and boards. Rough-cut pages. Light thumb marking, foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to gutters and hinges causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Pen inscription to front pastedown and page before half title page. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft splitting and crushing to ends. Gilt lettering is noticeably darkened. Book has a slight forward lean.

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Seller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Seller's Inventory #: 1708004805CAB
Title: Mr. Despondency's Daughter
Author: Anne Parrish
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Date Published: 1938

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Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
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...
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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