Golden Wall And Mirador: From England To Peru
by Sacheverell Sitwell
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1961. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1961. No Edition Remarks. 286 pages. Illustrative jacket over brown cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Pencil inscription to rear pastedown. Visible creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Notable crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Water staining to spine and boards. White spots all over. Textblock is shaky. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Significant fold to rear panel. Rubbing to surfaces. Tanning to spine. Pencil inscription to interior.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1638529209MHP
- Title
- Golden Wall And Mirador: From England To Peru
- Author
- Sacheverell Sitwell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Date Published
- 1961
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
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- 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....
- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.