No Earthly Command: Being an Enquiry Into the Life of Vice-Admiral the Reverend Alexander Riall Wadham Woods, D.S.O.
by Arthur Calder-Marshall
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1957. No Edition Remarks. 255 pages. Pink dust jacket over red cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Visible creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Small marks to boards. Book has a visible forward lean. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Noticeable tanning to spine. Some rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1680871304ADA
- Title
- No Earthly Command: Being an Enquiry Into the Life of Vice-Admiral the Reverend Alexander Riall Wadham Woods, D.S.O.
- Author
- Arthur Calder-Marshall
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Rupert Hart-Davis
- Date Published
- 1957
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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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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....
- 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...