Hamish Hamilton., 1960. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1960. First Published in Great Britain. 221 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over brown cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white photographic plates. Ex Libris plate to front free endpaper. Light dog-earring and tanning to pages with light foxing to text block edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has minor tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with moderate rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall with heavy loss and creasing to panels.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1686051610TMB
Title: Snake Man: The Story of C. J..P. Ionides
Author: Alan Wykes
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good/Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton.
Date Published: 1960

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Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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...
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....
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....
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...