British Polar Explorers
by Admiral Sir Edward Evans
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Collins, 1946. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1946. Second Impression. 47 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth with colour illustrated plates throughout. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Slight dog-eared pages throughout and visible tanning to text block edges. Boards have visible rubbing and edge wear with moderate bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends with jacket partially stuck to rear board. Unclipped jacket with heavy edge wear, ink marks and sunning. Splitting to joints and major sunning to spine. There is visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends and heavy foxing to interior.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1645532977LSA
- Title
- British Polar Explorers
- Author
- Admiral Sir Edward Evans
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Collins
- Date Published
- 1946
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.