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Dogs Since 1900
by A. Croxton Smith
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Andrew Dakers, 1950. Hardcover. Good. 1950. First Edition. 342 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Contains black and white photographic frontispiece, with other plates throughout. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed, but text remains clear. Plates are bright. Moderate marking to endpapers. Binding is firm. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Boards and spine have minimal shelf-wear, with mild corner bumping and crushing to ends. Spine and edges are slightly sunned. Moderate wearing to lettering to spine, but it remains legible. Moderate rubbing and scuffing overall, with visible marking also.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1671010673SEL
- Title
- Dogs Since 1900
- Author
- A. Croxton Smith
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Andrew Dakers
- Date Published
- 1950
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
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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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
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