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V.Y.B.: A Century of Metal Broking - 1859-1959.
by Godfrey Harrison
- Used
- acceptable
- hardcover
- First
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
Item Price
$16.53
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About This Item
Vivian, Younger & Bond, 1959. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1959. First Edition. 103 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with lettering. Black and white pictorial frontispiece with plates and illustrations throughout by Eric Manning. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Bright and clean pages, illustrations and plates with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Heavier foxing to free endpapers. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Minor wear marks to boards.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1631262109MHA
- Title
- V.Y.B.: A Century of Metal Broking - 1859-1959.
- Author
- Godfrey Harrison
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity-available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Vivian, Younger & Bond
- Date Published
- 1959
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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... [More]
- gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists... [More]
- 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... [More]
- 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.... [More]
- 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... [More]
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched... [More]
- jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps... [More]
- rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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