The Landslide
by Stephen Gilbert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Faber and Faber, 1943. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1943. No Edition Remarks. 224 pages. Grey jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed, but text remains clear. Binding is firm. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper, with label to pastedown opposite. Boards and spine have minimal shelf-wear, with mild corner bumping and crushing to ends. Gilt remains bright. Noticeable marks overall. Boards are slightly bowed. Clipped jacket. Light tanning to all surfaces, heaviest to spine and edges. Heavy edgewear, with visible rips and chipping, and heavy loss to spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1675064902MHP
- Title
- The Landslide
- Author
- Stephen Gilbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Date Published
- 1943
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...