The City of Beautiful Nonsense
by E. Temple Thurston
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- G-/N/a
- Seller
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Lutterworth, Leicestershire
Item Price:
$9.30
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About This Item
London: George Newnes, 1909. Red covers with black lettering and decoration on spine and blind-stamped motif and decoration on front board, 254pp plus adverts. Venice scene frontis. Covers bumped and lightly worn at extremities, a couple of light marks on rear cover and half-split rear joint has been repaired. Spine a little sunned. Section of 20pp near the rear of the book have permanent light creasing. Discoloured prelims, otherwise internally clean and tight. Ref:093115. Cloth. G-/N/a. 11x16.5cm.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Church Street Books
(GB)
- Bookseller Inventory #
- 003115
- Title
- The City of Beautiful Nonsense
- Author
- E. Temple Thurston
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - G-
- Jacket condition
- N/a
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Newnes
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date published
- 1909
Terms of Sale
Church Street Books
payment with order. Refund if description inaccurate
About the Seller
Church Street Books
Biblio.com member since: 2007
Lutterworth, Leicestershire
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About Church Street Books
Second-hand book dealer (formerly in a Diss Shop), with a stock of around 2000 books from modern quality literature to reference, aviation, classics and antiquarian
Glossary
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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....[more]
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...[more]
- sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause...[more]
- tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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