Top Step by Scanlan (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. Second Impression. A better than good copy of a scarce title. Tight bindings, tilted, tanning to spine, fade patches to boards, part of front endpaper torn away to remove a name, light foxing in prelim pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 3rd Impression. Hardback: dj is worn on the edges and rubbed on the folds, book is bound in cloth, spine tips slightly worn, corners lightly bumped, name on front flyleaf, foredge foxing and a few internal marks, else g. 8vo, 286pp + 12pp publisher's catalogue.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 3rd Impression. 286 pages plus publisher's list at back. A firm straight book, edges dusty, internally spotless with owner's name inside front cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. Previous owner's signature pencilled on front endpaper. Spine cloth faded with moderate foxing. Dampstain with loss of colouring to lower corner of rear board.; "Cheaper Edition / Second Impression". 286 pages. Red cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 184mm x 121mm. Nelle Scanlan (1882-1968) was a New Zealand author. She was a writer of historical romances, best known for her "Pencarrow" series. "The Top Step" was the author's second novel.; 8vo.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Rubbing and creasing to dust-jacket. Tape repairs to margins on reverse side of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; "Cheaper Edition / Third Impression". No date [c1937]. 286, [2 (blank)] pages + 12 pages advertisements. Red cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 184mm x 122mm. Nelle Scanlan (1882-1968) was a New Zealand author. She was a writer of historical romances, best known for her "Pencarrow" series. "The Top Step" was the author's second novel. "An elderly bachelor marries a charming widow with two children. The stepchildren introduce a turbulent element into the quiet household. Nuala finds a childish analogy between a stepladder and stepchildren, and being the elder decides that she is The Top Step." - from dust-jacket blurb.…