Romney Marsh
by Piper, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/Fair
- Seller
-
Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Penguin Books, 1950. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good-/Fair. Piper, John. Piper describes and paints the Romney Marsh a southern English landscape in Kent. Boards covered with marbled paper, faux white label with black titling to front and spine, illustrated with water-colour paintings and drawings by John Piper, 36 pages plus16 colour plates. Light edge wear, previous owner's name and address with date inked to ffep. Dust jacket shows sunning to spine, wear and tear with loss of 3/4 by 2 inch piece to top of back, small pieces missing to spine ends, two small holes to back, three closed tear to back. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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Details
- Bookseller
- Black Sheep Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013213
- Title
- Romney Marsh
- Author
- Piper, John
- Illustrator
- Piper, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- TRAVEL, UNITED KINGDOM, ENGLAND,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel & Adventure; the United Kingdom;
Terms of Sale
Black Sheep Books
Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
About the Seller
Black Sheep Books
Biblio member since 2004
Salt Spring Island, British Columbia
About Black Sheep Books
We are an independent, locally-owned shop dedicated to books and the people who love them. Here you will find two floors packed with volumes of enduring value, including familiar favourites, contemporary fiction, guides, books of local interest, and non-fiction titles covering everything from outer space to inner peace. We also have marine charts, art cards, unique prints, hand-crafted bags, and many other intriguing items. Located at Grace Point Square in the Village of Ganges, close to marinas and Salt Spring\'s renowned Saturday Market, we are open every day except Christmas and New Year\'s. If you want to pick-up a book you saw online, please call or e-mail ahead as many of our listings are kept in a separate storage facility.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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....
- 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...