Jade of the East
by Wills, Jeoffrey
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Plus/Good Plus
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Weatherhill/Orientations, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus/Good Plus. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Type: Z 196pp. 1972. First edition. The text supported by numerous photographic reproductions - many in colour. A good plus copy in similar wrap-around and slipcase. An ink gift inscription to the front endpaper with many signatures. Some light mottling to the cloth at the head of the front board. A little rubbing/toning to the spine of the wrap around. A little loss of gilt to the title of the spine. Several faint stains with tide marks to the rear board. A 1.8cm split to the joint at the tail of the spine. Both endpanels of the slipcase are somewhat rubbed/worn. Slight waviness to the pages. A good plus, tight essentially clean copy
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Details
- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 239116
- Title
- Jade of the East
- Author
- Wills, Jeoffrey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Weatherhill/Orientations
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Trumpington Fine Books Limited
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Folio
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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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- First Edition
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.