Crewe Train
by Rose Macaulay
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Collins, 1967. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1967. New Edition. 256 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Purple dust jacket over black cloth. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Tape marks and scuffing to free endpapers and pastedowns. Thumb-marking present. Notable creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light crushing to spine ends. Brown marks to spine ends and edges. Textblock is shaky. Book has a visible forward lean. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Loss to spine ends. Noticeable sunning to spine. Visible rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.
Synopsis
Virago Modern Classics
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1658820100MHP
- Title
- Crewe Train
- Author
- Rose Macaulay
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Collins
- Date Published
- 1967
Terms of Sale
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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:
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.