Westminster Hospital: Two Centuries of Voluntary Service, 1719-1948
by John Langdon-Davies
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
John Murray, 1952. Hardcover. Good. 1952. First Edition. 274 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Noticeable sunning to spine and edges. Light marks to boards. Dents to edges.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1675670881MEP
- Title
- Westminster Hospital: Two Centuries of Voluntary Service, 1719-1948
- Author
- John Langdon-Davies
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Date Published
- 1952
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- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...