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Fine Books
by Pollard, A.W
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0854099220
- ISBN 13
- 9780854099221
- Seller
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ELY, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
East Ardsley: E.P. Publishing. Very Good/Very Good. 1973. New Edition. Hard Cover. 4to 0854099220 Dust jacket unclipped. Red cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. Previous owner's book plate on f. paste down. Monochrome halftone plates. xiv, 332 pages clean and tight. A very good facsimile reprint of the 1912 edition with a new introduction by Michael Pearce. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- CHARLES BOSSOM
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140061
- Title
- Fine Books
- Author
- Pollard, A.W
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good/Very Good
- Edition
- New Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0854099220
- ISBN 13
- 9780854099221
- Publisher
- E.P. Publishing
- Place of Publication
- East Ardsley
- Date Published
- 1973
Terms of Sale
CHARLES BOSSOM
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About the Seller
CHARLES BOSSOM
Biblio member since 2010
ELY, Cambridgeshire
About CHARLES BOSSOM
Charles Bossom has worked in the Book Trade since 1963, commencing at WH Smith Oxford and retiring in 1999 as Regional Manager Central England. The Charles Bossom bookselling business was started in early 2000. We offer a changing selection of old and out-of-print books in a wide range of subjects. We frequently add new items to our stock so visit us regularly.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- E.P.
- The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after ...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
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