Coming Down The Seine
by Gibbings, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Cooperstown, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: J. M. Dent & Sons. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1953. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. Top spine end and adjacent front spine edge of DJ have chipping which has been repaired on the inside with paper tape. DJ is slightly foxed. DJ has a very small hole to the rear spine edge, has a few very small edge tears, and is price clipped. Book is slightly cocked. Book plate on the front endpaper. ; Wood engraving .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Willis Monie Books - ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 342812
- Title
- Coming Down The Seine
- Author
- Gibbings, Robert
- Illustrator
- The Author
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st UK Edition
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- France
Terms of Sale
Willis Monie Books - ABAA
All items are returnable within 14 days of receipt if not satisfied. NY residents will also be charged sales tax.
About the Seller
Willis Monie Books - ABAA
Biblio member since 2007
Cooperstown, New York
About Willis Monie Books - ABAA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....