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Oxford Rebels: The Life and Friends of Nevil Story Maskelyne, 1823-1911, Pioneer Oxford Scientist, Photographer, and Politician
by Vanda Morton
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ — in Good+ Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper sunned at the spine and onto the margins of the panels. Spotted at the edges of
- ISBN 10
- 086299456X
- ISBN 13
- 9780862994563
- Seller
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Peasedown St. John, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1987. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Good+ — in Good+ Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper sunned at the spine and onto the margins of the panels. Spotted at the edges of the text block and onto the margins of the leaves and lining papers.. First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (black boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 10” x 7” (1 kg); (ix) 182pp; Index; Bibliography; Includes: Black & white photographs, within the text; Black & white drawings; ISBN: 0-8629-9456-X || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #198358|| Condition:
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- Bookseller
- BookLovers of Bath
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 198358
- Title
- Oxford Rebels: The Life and Friends of Nevil Story Maskelyne, 1823-1911, Pioneer Oxford Scientist, Photographer, and Politician
- Author
- Vanda Morton
- Format/Binding
- Hardback in Dust Wrapper.
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ — in Good+ Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper sunned at the spine and onto the margins of the panels. Spotted at the edges of
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 086299456X
- ISBN 13
- 9780862994563
- Publisher
- Gloucester: Alan Sutton
- Place of Publication
- Gb
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- oxford university, history oxford, 19th century oxford, british scientists, british photographers, british politicians, scientists biography, life story scientists, scientists memoirs, british mineralogists, first edition books, books by vanda morton, 0-8
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BookLovers of Bath
As a distance seller based in England, I am required to abide by the terms of the "Distance Selling Act", details of which are freely available. This ensures that you have the highest degree of protection when purchasing from me. Alongside that, I prefer to treat my customers in the manner that I expect to be treated; my guarantee is complete satisfaction or your money back - I aim to please, not just for the one book sale but to ensure that should you require another book, another time that my name against it means it gets your consideration.
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BookLovers of Bath
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Peasedown St. John, Somerset
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BookLovers of Bath is set in the pastoral idyll of Peasedown St. John in Somerset (God's Own Country) in the south west of England. My wife and I owned the village Post Office until the modern world caught up with us in 2014. At that point I converted the premises to a small book shop, Fact or Fable, with a stock of around 4,000 titles in stock. I've been selling books worldwide since 1997 and rather hope to get the hang of it shortly…
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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....
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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