Wanderings in Wessex: an Exploration of the Southern Realm From Itchen to Otter
by Edric Holmes
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Robert Scott, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 380 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white illustrated frontispiece, and many other illustrations throughout. Pages are mildly tanned, and text and illustrations remain clear. Binding is slightly shaky, due to cracking of front hinge, but pages remain attached. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Boards have light shelf-wear, with moderate corner bumping and slight crushing to spine ends. Gilt is bright. Slight rubbing overall, with small brown mark to front board.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1663948700DPB
- Title
- Wanderings in Wessex: an Exploration of the Southern Realm From Itchen to Otter
- Author
- Edric Holmes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Robert Scott
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- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.