The King's Orchard
by Agnes Sligh Turnbull
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Collins, 1964. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1964. First Edition Thus. 350 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Pages have mild tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Mild droplets to upper text block edge. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Moderate sunning to board edges. Moderate tanning to spine, with crushing and notable sunning to ends. Book has forward lean. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Heavy water staining to spine. Light rubbing and marking all over. Mild foxing to inside.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1692008271ADA
- Title
- The King's Orchard
- Author
- Agnes Sligh Turnbull
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Collins
- Date Published
- 1964
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...