Enemies of Promise
by Cyril Connolly
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1949. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1949. Revised Edition. 265 pages. Green dust jacket over blue cloth. Bright and clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with visible thumb-marking. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and minor marking to boards. Faint tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Mild warping to boards. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Mild foxing to surfaces. Moderate tanning to spine. Light rubbing and marking all over.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1702466520MXP
- Title
- Enemies of Promise
- Author
- Cyril Connolly
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Routledge and Kegan Paul
- Date Published
- 1949
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- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...