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The Thames
by Stephens, Wilson
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 058411138X
- ISBN 13
- 9780584111385
- Seller
-
nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Muller, Blond & White, 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. White, Gabriel. First edition. 48pp, black and white illustrations throughout. Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine, gilt design on front. Bumped spine ends. Lightly bumped top corners. End papers are a map of The Thames. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket mimics volume damage plus small 1cm closed tear at spine heel, price unclipped. 12mo. Part of the Rivers of Britain Series. The author follows the great river from its source 4 miles south of Cheltenham to its first lock at Teddington and onto the gracious palace of Hampton Court.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005747
- Title
- The Thames
- Author
- Stephens, Wilson
- Illustrator
- White, Gabriel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 058411138X
- ISBN 13
- 9780584111385
- Publisher
- Muller, Blond & White
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1986
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Keywords
- rivers, thames, london
- X weight
- 0 kg
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About the Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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....
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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