These Old Shades
por HEYER, Georgette
- Usado
- fair
- Capa dura
- Condição
- Fair
- Livreiro
-
Lancaster, California, United States
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
London: Book-Of-The-Month Club. Fair. c1926, 1950. Hardcover; Book Club Edition. Orange cloth binding soiled and worn (not to boards), book is cocked, spine ends and corners bumped. Front free endpaper removed, previous owner signature and number on half title page, page edges yellowed and soiled, a few page corners creased. No dust wrapper. ; <b>Is this book a sequel to Heyer's first novel, 'The Black Moth'? Many names and situations seem to be related, but with a "twist". Justin, Duke of Avon, finds a young boy fleeing from his abusive brother, and gives him a job as his page. This young person resembles Justin's long time enemy, the Comte de Saint-Vire, who shows great but subdued interest in him. A swashbuckling adventure tale, complete with plenty of romance, set in Paris and England in the 1750's.</b> .
Sinopse
These Old Shades (1926) is a Georgian (set around 1756) romance novel written by British novelist Georgette Heyer (1902-1974). It was an instant success, and established her as a writer.
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Anglophile Books
(US)
- Estoque do vendedor nº
- 5409
- Título
- These Old Shades
- Autor
- HEYER, Georgette
- Formato/Encadernação
- Hardcover; Book Club Edition
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Fair
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Editorial
- Book-Of-The-Month Club
- Local de publicação
- London
- Data de publicação
- c1926, 1950
- Palavras-chave
- British Woman Author, France, 18th Century England, Novel
- Catálogos de livreiros
- Anglophile Fiction; British Women Authors; Anglophile Fiction G-P; Heyer, Georgette;
- Size
- 352 pages.
Termos da venda
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Anglophile Books
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Lancaster, California
Sobre Anglophile Books
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- 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...
- 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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
