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Pencillings By The Way
by N P Willis
- Used
- acceptable
- hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
Item Price:
$14.05
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About This Item
T. Werner Laurie, 1942. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1942. 522 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Heavy tanning and foxing to pages and text block edges. Moderate tanning to pastedowns and endpapers, with inscriptions to front. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Heavy bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends, causing cloth to fray. Book has noticeable forward lean. Boards are slightly warped, with heavy sunning to spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller Inventory #
- 1587472991CIL
- Title
- Pencillings By The Way
- Author
- N P Willis
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- T. Werner Laurie
- Date published
- 1942
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- spine
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- text block
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- Cloth
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- 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...[more]
- jacket
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- acceptable
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- 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...[more]
- rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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