The Blue Nile
by Alan Moorehead
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Reprint Society, 1963. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1963. No edition stated. 304 pages. Illustrated jacket over blue cloth with white cloth spine and gilt titles. Includes photographic plates. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Pages are liquid stained to edges, but the text is unaffected. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Water stains to front and rear. Gilt is bright. Unclipped jacket has some edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Heavy water staining front and rear. Jacket is slightly rubbed and marked overall.
Synopsis
Hailed as "utterly absorbing, (as) sweeping as the mighty river itself" ("Washington Post"), the second volume in this two-book series expands the story of the dangerous search for the source of the Nile River.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1645168244ADA
- Title
- The Blue Nile
- Author
- Alan Moorehead
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Reprint Society
- Date Published
- 1963
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...