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Affair at Quala
by Thomas Helmore
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1964. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1964. First Edition. 253 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Black and white photographic dust jacket over blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as inscriptions, mild crinkling, mild tanning and thumb marking. Front endpaper is missing. Boards have mild edge wear with light rubbing and crushing. Some light marking and tanning. Boards are bowed. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Tanning to spine and edges.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1632489537MEP
- Title
- Affair at Quala
- Author
- Thomas Helmore
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape Ltd
- Date Published
- 1964
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
World of Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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