The Atlantic Book of British and American Poetry
by Edith Sitwell
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1959. Hardcover. Good. 1959. No Edition Remarks. 597 pages. No dust jacket. Purple cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding slightly loose. Previous owner's name and annotations to front pastedown. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners, crushing to spine ends and rubbing and moderate staining all over. Gilt lettering is dulled.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1693928374MXP
- Title
- The Atlantic Book of British and American Poetry
- Author
- Edith Sitwell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz Ltd
- Date Published
- 1959
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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.