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An Almanac
by DOUGLAS, Norman (decorated by Enid Marx)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Chatto & Windus / Martin Secker, London, 1945. 1st Edition. HARDCOVER. 8vo in light orange cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 85pp __CONDITION : An extremely well preserved almost AS NEW unmarked copy (hint of tanning to leaves, top edge of page block faintly dusty) in a very slightly dusty near FINE complete Dust Jacket (top edges very slightly nicked, sliver of minute chips to rear flap fold - possibly a fault in the war time economy paper, looks fine in its removable transparent protector). An excellent copy. ... __We always ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS
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Details
- Bookseller
- David Bunnett Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TN221489
- Title
- An Almanac
- Author
- DOUGLAS, Norman (decorated by Enid Marx)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus / Martin Secker, London
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- LITERATURE GENERAL
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About the Seller
David Bunnett Books
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- 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...
- New
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
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