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The Unknown Citizen
by Tony Parker
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hutchinson, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good. 1963. First Edition. 175 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Bright and clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Small mark to front endpaper and half title page. Boards have light edge wear with minor corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine, with notable markings overall. Library number taped to spine. Mild water stain to rear board.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1700759667MXP
- Title
- The Unknown Citizen
- Author
- Tony Parker
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Date Published
- 1963
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Biblio member since 2009
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- 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...
- 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....
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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