GALLIPOLI
by Alan Moorehead
- Used
- Very Good
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Chamblee, Georgia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
US: Easton Press, 1988. Collector's Edition. Leather Bound. Very Good. Beautiful gilt-embossed full leather edition from Easton Press. All edges gilt; three raised bands to spine; moire endpapers; silk bookmarker. Text tight and clean; previous owner's bookplate sticker to half-title. Publisher's issued ex-libris bookplate to front pastedown; however, there is no name inscribed. Boards are clean and bright. Sunning to spine. Text block shows some speckled discoloration, but is otherwise clean. Binding is tight and square.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Atlanta Vintage Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55107
- Title
- GALLIPOLI
- Author
- Alan Moorehead
- Format/Binding
- Leather Bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- US
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Easton Press
Terms of Sale
Atlanta Vintage Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Atlanta Vintage Books
Biblio member since 2007
Chamblee, Georgia
About Atlanta Vintage Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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....
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.