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The Violins of Saint-Jacques A Tale of the Antilles
by Fermor, Patrick Leigh
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Foster, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
John Murray, 1953. First Edition. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. John Murray & Derek Verschoyle; London, 1953. Hardcover. First Edition, Second Impression. A Good, green cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine, binding intact, sunning to spine and along board edges, heavily discolored top and bottom spine buckram, slightly bumped top and bottom front board corners, discoloration to pastedowns and endpapers, age toning to pages, bit of scattered foxing to text block edges, in a Good, handling/scuff marks to panels, bit of edge/corner wear, few tears and chips along edges, rubbed turns with few small chips, Murrays Library ink stamp bottom front flap, stated fourth printing on rear flap, chip to top and bottom spine edge, trace scattered foxing/age spotting to panels/flaps and verso, Dust wrapper. A good and overall clean copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches]. 139pp., b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.
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- Bookseller
- Lavendier Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU1040936
- Title
- The Violins of Saint-Jacques A Tale of the Antilles
- Author
- Fermor, Patrick Leigh
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Date Published
- 1953
- Size
- 0x0x0
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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Foster, Rhode Island
About Lavendier Books
Selling quailty books for over 20 years.
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- Cloth
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- Verso
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- 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....
- 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
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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...
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
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