Gentle Tiger: The Gallant Life of Roberdeau Wheat
by Charles L.Dufour
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Louisiana State University Press, 1957. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1957. No Edition Remarks. 232 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Illustrated dust jacket over brown cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Ex-Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpaper and pastedowns. Minor tape marks back free endpaper and half title page. Front free endpaper is missing. Binding remains firm. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is bright and clear. Visible wear and tape marks to boards. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Visible wear and tanning marks to spine and panels. Jacket is in removable plastic cover.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1697089408ADA
- Title
- Gentle Tiger: The Gallant Life of Roberdeau Wheat
- Author
- Charles L.Dufour
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Louisiana State University Press
- Date Published
- 1957
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...