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The English Windmill by Wailes, Rex
- Bookseller: Old Goat Books
 (CA)
- Seller Inventory #: 1023964
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: VG+. Shelfwear, spine sunned in spots. Ink to FFE.
- Jacket condition: Good. Upper back DJ torn and part missing. Tears and chips to remaining edges.
- Illustrator: Lines, Vincent
- Edition: 1st edition.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul
- Place: London
- Date published: 1954
- Pages: 246 pages.
Description
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1954. 1st edition.. Hardcover. VG+. Shelfwear, spine sunned in spots. Ink to FFE./Good. Upper back DJ torn and part missing. Tears and chips to remaining edges.. Lines, Vincent. no. Different kinds of mills, detailed accounts of their machinery, reasons for decline, etc. B+W plates, line drawings. Cloth boards. Author's business card taped to FFE. Heavy book may require more postage. Hardcover
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
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. Also known as the back.
sunned : The affected portion of the book has been discolored from exposure to the sun.
plates : Full page illustrations or photographs. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
shelfwear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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