Bamboo and Bushido
by Allbury, A.G
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/VG
- Seller
-
Auckland, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Robert Hale Limited, 1955. Black cloth on boards with gilt titles; light touches of soiling to some of the boards top margins. Spine: head & foot with thin bumping and light rubbing. Edges: moderate foxing and light soiling. Eps: very faint and few only foxing. Frontis: b/w photo of A.G. Allbury. Clean content. Binding is VG albeit only slightly cocked. 192p Dj: moderate soiling and wear. Spine: head & foot with wear, thin sections missing, small tears and chips. 2 x 1 cm open secion missing at head of spine on frontside top-edge. Flaps spines: head & foot with wear, and chips; front flap spines with 2.5 open split to head & foot. Couple of tiny splits to top & bottom edges.. First Edition. HB. VG/VG. Illus. by Douglas Self, Illustrations; Ronald Searle, Jacket Design.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BOOKMARK Ltd (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 038446
- Title
- Bamboo and Bushido
- Author
- Allbury, A.G
- Illustrator
- Douglas Self, Illustrations; Ronald Searle, Jacket Design
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Robert Hale Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military > Land;
Terms of Sale
BOOKMARK Ltd
Will reimburse cost of book, if not as described.
About the Seller
BOOKMARK Ltd
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Auckland
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Glossary
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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...
- VG/VG
- Very Good Condition book with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used book that does show some...
- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...