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Heart of Asia
by Roy Chapman Andrews
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Arthur Barker Ltd., 1952. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1952. First Edition Thus. 224 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Red cloth. Boots library rebind with associated stickers and markings to pages and boards. Minor foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking and staining to front hinge, exposing netting and causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Mild staining to gutters also. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has similar tanning with soft crushing to ends.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1711389235CAB
- Title
- Heart of Asia
- Author
- Roy Chapman Andrews
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Arthur Barker Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1952
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
About World of Rare Books
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- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
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