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EDWARD LEAR: The Cretan Journal
by Edward Lear; Rowena Fowler [Editor]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0907978177
- ISBN 13
- 9780907978176
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Denise Harvey & Comapny, 1984-12-31. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 11x8x1. 119pp. (cream and green spine). 4to. sized. 1985. Second edition. A very good, clean, tight copy in like jacket. Original publisher's green boards - gilt embossed to the spine and to the front board. The text supported by a map of Crete and numerous tipped in colour plates after the artist's work. A little spotting to the endpapers and a strip of toning to the rear paste-down caused by the jacket flap - not heavy. The jacket has not been price-clipped and has some light shelf wear. A very good, clean, tight copy in similar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023828
- Title
- EDWARD LEAR: The Cretan Journal
- Author
- Edward Lear; Rowena Fowler [Editor]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0907978177
- ISBN 13
- 9780907978176
- Publisher
- Denise Harvey & Comapny
- Place of Publication
- Athens
- Date Published
- 1984-12-31
- Size
- 11x8x1
- X weight
- 26 oz
Terms of Sale
Trumpington Fine Books Limited
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
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