Amorous Trooper
by Ronald Bassett
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Barrie & Jenkins, 1968. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1968. First Edition. 256 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth boards with lettering. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing throughout. Slight crinkling to paper at gutters, however binding remains firm. Water staining with red ink marks to text block edges. Text is unaffected. Thumb-marking present throughout. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Slight crushing to spine ends. Lettering is bright and clear. Visible water staining overall. Unclipped jacket, priced 25s. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Moderate red ink and water staining to panels and spine. Visible wear marks to spine and panels.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1637170144CLB
- Title
- Amorous Trooper
- Author
- Ronald Bassett
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Barrie & Jenkins
- Date Published
- 1968
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- 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...
- First Edition
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