London: Country Life, 1954.. 8vo. 116 pp. Hard Cover. Very Good. Maroon cloth covered boards with gilt lettering. Minor shelf wear. Dust Jacket Good, with some rubbing and shelf wear. Top of DJ wrinkled with half-inch rips at head of spine. Two inch tear in back fold of DJ. Pages fine. B&W plates and illustrations. Provenance: Ex-libris. Originally from the Oliver Collection of the Royal Holloway and Bedford New College Library. Library book plate, and other library markings present on spine and inside front cover.

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Bookseller: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 18-6623
Title: Paper-Weights And Other Glass Curiosities.
Author: E. M. Elville
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London: Country Life, 1954.

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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.