Castile For Isabella
by Jean Plaidy
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Robert Hale, 1973. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1973. Reprint. 215 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Illustrated jacket over red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. A few dog-eared corners. Text block edges moderately foxed and extremely dusty. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. Book has a moderate forward lean. Gilt is bright. Clipped jacket has some edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Jacket is rather rubbed and marked overall. Price sticker to front flap.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1651818888ADA
- Title
- Castile For Isabella
- Author
- Jean Plaidy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Robert Hale
- Date Published
- 1973
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
- 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...