Books And Characters: French And English.

Bookseller

Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books (US)

Bookseller's Inventory #

8157

Title

Books And Characters: French And English.

Author

STRACHEY, Lytton

Format/Binding

Publisher's cloth in dust jacket.

Book Condition

Used - Very good; spine and edges a little sunned, in a jacket with chipping and a darkened spine.

Edition

First edition.

Binding

Hardcover

Publisher

Chatto and Windus,

Place of Publication

London:

Date Published

1922.

Pages

306 pp.

Size

Tall 8vo.

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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...

Jacket

Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...

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...

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...

Sunned

Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...

First Edition

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