Penguin Books, 1953. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1953. Reprint. 26 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial cloth. Contains black and white and colour plates to rear. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Heavy tanning to text block edges. Some rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Moderate crushing to spine ends. Boards are slightly bowed. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Moderate tanning and creasing, with rubbing and marking.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1634578506DPB
Title: The Bayeux Tapestry
Author: Eric MacLagan
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1953

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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...
Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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....
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.