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Mountain Days In The Highlands And Alps
by J. Hubert Walker
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Edward Arnold & Co., 1937. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1937. First Edition. 320 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages are rough cut. Pages are lightly tanned with moderate foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper and paste-down, with tiny dark spots and a few small nicks along text block edge. Slight tearing and peeling to paste-down. Mild cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Boards have heavy shelf-wear with notable bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and considerate rub wear to surfaces. Heavy tanning to spine and edges. Book has a prominent forward lean and slight bow. Small splits to spine ends. Liquid drops on all surfaces.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1690279170ADA
- Title
- Mountain Days In The Highlands And Alps
- Author
- J. Hubert Walker
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Edward Arnold & Co.
- Date Published
- 1937
Terms of Sale
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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....
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