No Castanets At The Wells
by Lorna Hill
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Evans Brothers Limited, 1954. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1954. Reprint. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are slightly tanned with minor foxing throughout. Heavier tanning and some scuffs to pastedowns and endpapers. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Pencil mark to rear pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surface. Notable staining to boards. Moderate sunning to spine with noticeable crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Book has forward lean.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1706260982ABS
- Title
- No Castanets At The Wells
- Author
- Lorna Hill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Evans Brothers Limited
- Date Published
- 1954
Terms of Sale
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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:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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.
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...