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Dictionary of British Book Illustrators - The Twentieth Century
by PEPPIN, Brigid & MICKLETHWAIT, Lucy
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0719539854
- ISBN 13
- 9780719539855
- Seller
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Maidstone, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1983. Black cloth boards in pictorial dustwrapper; 336pp; b/w ills. Light bruising to spine ends; light offset tanning to endpapers with crease to front pastedown. Dustwrapper is sunned to spine and more lightly to upper edge of rear panel, light rubbing to edges with couple of small nicks to head of spine; light tanning to inner flaps. A comprehensive reference work on 20th century book illustration in Britain. Additional postage will be required for international delivery, please email for a quote. [L1]. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Very Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jenny Wren Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012791
- Title
- Dictionary of British Book Illustrators - The Twentieth Century
- Author
- PEPPIN, Brigid & MICKLETHWAIT, Lucy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0719539854
- ISBN 13
- 9780719539855
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1983
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Literature, Authors & Illustrators;
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About the Seller
Jenny Wren Books
Biblio member since 2017
Maidstone, Kent
About Jenny Wren Books
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- 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....
- 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...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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