Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character
by Dean Ramsay
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Poor
- Seller
-
ELY, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Robert Grant & Son. Good/Poor. 1947. Hard Cover. 8vo Dust Jacket is in a sleeve protector, price clipped several tears and severalchunks missing. Original green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Fading to top margin, slightly faded spine but title still bright. Prize label on ffep. Fine coloured plates. 379 pages. Contents clean and tight. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- CHARLES BOSSOM
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 130502
- Title
- Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character
- Author
- Dean Ramsay
- Illustrator
- Henry W Kerr
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Poor
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Robert Grant & Son
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1947
Terms of Sale
CHARLES BOSSOM
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About the Seller
CHARLES BOSSOM
Biblio member since 2010
ELY, Cambridgeshire
About CHARLES BOSSOM
Charles Bossom has worked in the Book Trade since 1963, commencing at WH Smith Oxford and retiring in 1999 as Regional Manager Central England. The Charles Bossom bookselling business was started in early 2000. We offer a changing selection of old and out-of-print books in a wide range of subjects. We frequently add new items to our stock so visit us regularly.
Glossary
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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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
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