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Heir of Adventure: The Story of Brown, Shipley & Co., Merchant Bankers, 1810-1960
by Aytoun Ellis
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Brown Shipley, 1960. Hardcover. Good. 1960. No Edition Stated. 165 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Blue cloth with gilt decoration. Contains colour illustrated frontispiece, with black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages are lightly tanned, but text remains clear. Binding is firm. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. A few noticeable marks to rear free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear, with minor corner bumping and minimal scuffing to edges. Slight crushing to spine ends. Light rubbing and scuffing overall. Gilt remains bright. Label to rear board.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1666269453IEV
- Title
- Heir of Adventure: The Story of Brown, Shipley & Co., Merchant Bankers, 1810-1960
- Author
- Aytoun Ellis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Brown Shipley
- Date Published
- 1960
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- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...