The Last Secrets; The Final Mysteries of Exploration
by John Buchan
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Thomas Nelson, 1934. Hardcover. Good. 1934. Reprinted. 303 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Scuffed blue mark to dedication page. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Book is slightly forward leaning.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1660627739MHR
- Title
- The Last Secrets; The Final Mysteries of Exploration
- Author
- John Buchan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson
- Date Published
- 1934
Terms of Sale
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...