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Through France to the Med by Canal to the Sea A Practical Guide
by Harper Mike
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
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Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Great Britain: Cadogan Books, 1983. Revised and Updated Edition . Buckram. Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This is a 1983 revised and updated edition of a 1974 original. 8vo. 224 pages including index. Very well illustrated throughout with drawings, maps and very good black and white photographic plates. A fascinating personal account. In original bright blue buckram gilt hard cover binding. Fine in attractive pictorial price-clipped dust wrapper which is slightly sunned on the spine otherwise Very Good+.
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- Bookseller
- Delph Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011806
- Title
- Through France to the Med by Canal to the Sea A Practical Guide
- Author
- Harper Mike
- Format/Binding
- Buckram
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Revised and Updated Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cadogan Books
- Place of Publication
- London, Great Britain
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- CANALS FRANCE WATERWAYS NAVIGATION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canals;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Delph Books
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About the Seller
Delph Books
Biblio member since 2015
Manchester, Greater Manchester
About Delph Books
I have been dealing in books for over 40 years now, and I am a long standing member of the P.B.F.A. (Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association). I have a book room at home and regularly exhibit at fairs mainly in the North of England.
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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