British Postage Stamp Design
by Easton, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Plus/No Jacket
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1943. First Edition. Blue Cloth. Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾. N/a. 384pp. 1943. First edition. 8vo. sized. A good plus, tight, essentially clean copy in original publisher's blue cloth - gilt embossed to the spine. No inscriptions. The text supported by a number of photographic plates. Two red ink marks to the margins of just a couple of pages. No dust jacket. Some uniform fading to the cloth spine and to the head of the front board. Some soil marks along one cloth joint. A little splitting to the font inner hinge revealing slight webbing - the front board remains firmly attaced if slightly shaken. A good plus essentially clean, tight copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 238331
- Title
- British Postage Stamp Design
- Author
- Easton, John
- Illustrator
- N/a
- Format/Binding
- Blue Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1943
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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- First Edition
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- Shaken
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Spine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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