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Bouverie Street To Bowling Green Lane: Fifty-five Years of Specialized Publishing
by Arthur C. Armstrong
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hodder and Stoughton, 1946. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1946. First Edition. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Bouverie Street To Bowling Green Lane: Fifty-five Years of Specialized Publishing. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are rough cut. Boards are notably mottled. Contains black and white & colour plates. Pages are bright with light tanning and foxing to free endpapers and text block edges. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper, with a few small nicks and creases along text block edge. Minor dog-eared corners. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Mild cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with mild bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Heavy tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Book has a pronounced forward lean. Boards are notably mottled.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1690876381ADA
- Title
- Bouverie Street To Bowling Green Lane: Fifty-five Years of Specialized Publishing
- Author
- Arthur C. Armstrong
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Date Published
- 1946
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- Text Block
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- First Edition
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- 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....
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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