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Island in the Sun
by Waugh, Alec [1898-1981]
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Cassell & Company Ltd, 1956. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Biro (Dust Jacket Art). Blue cloth hardcover with title stamped in gilt onto spine. "First Published 1956" (stated), 8vo, 7-7/8" tall, pp. 552. Volume with a few minor bumps - one to top edge of front board and one to top of rear board, p. o. last name in ink on ffep, soft age-toning to unmarked text, p. 31 with fold marks. DJ with small scattered stains, minor chipping to edges and darkening to spine. DJ with beautiful idyllic wrap-around tropical art work done by Biro. Not price-clipped and in archival mylar.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harropian Books, IOBA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 396
- Title
- Island in the Sun
- Author
- Waugh, Alec [1898-1981]
- Illustrator
- Biro (Dust Jacket Art)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.K. Edition
- Publisher
- Cassell & Company Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions; Books into Film;
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About the Seller
Harropian Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Nelson, British Columbia
About Harropian Books, IOBA
Harropian Books is an online bookseller offering a diverse selection of antiquarian, collectible, rare and out of print items. Our focus is on the interesting & unusual, covering all fields. ***** We are a member of the IOBA (Independent Online Booksellers Association) and have attended the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (2011), Rare Book School in Virginia (2014 - Developing Collections ; 2016 - The History of Printed Book Illustration in the West), London Rare Book School (2021 - The History of Maps and Mapping) and Gwain Weaver Art Conservation (2019 - Care and Identification of Photographs).
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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