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Turpin, Edna.
LOST COVERS.
New York: Random House, 1937. Hardcover. 282 pp. Brown/white ills. Book covers are orange trimmed in ecru, The trim is pictures of early stamps. Ecru spine lettered in orange. Top edges tinted orange. Slight look of age to covers, fore- and bottom edges foxed. Price-clipped dj is orange and darker brown, lettered in white. Dj is worn at extremities, aged. The brown/white eps are maps of Richmond, VA. Bookplate of p.o. on free page. An earlier reader has noted "Wonderful story" on fly. Inside, the book is clean and tight, attractive with its tawny brown/white ills. An intriguing story of contemporary girls whose move to Richmond is enlivened when they discover that early stamps (known as covers) had monetary value. They searched for the valuable "Pleasant Shade locals," Confederate stamps which their great-grandparents might have used. Very Good / Very Good.
[Book #11941]
Price: $18.00
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