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The Island: A Cavalcade of England
by Young, Francis Brett
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG
- Seller
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Alliance, Ohio, United States
Item Price
NZ$16.58NZ$8.29
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About This Item
NY: Farrar Straus & Co.. VG. 1946. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. First U.S. edition bound in blue cloth with gold design and lettering. A Very Good copy in a Good dust jacket. The book has dust soiling to the gutters and to its spine. Dusting along the edges of the upper pag e block. The dust jacket has rubs/chips to its corners and at the base of its spine. Chipping to the head of its spine. Rubbing to the folds . Chips and creases at the panels' upper edges. Dust soiling to the re ar panel. .
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- Bookseller
- Dearly Departed Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54059
- Title
- The Island: A Cavalcade of England
- Author
- Young, Francis Brett
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st American Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus & Co.
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1946
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Dearly Departed Books
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Alliance, Ohio
About Dearly Departed Books
Selling books since 1978. We specialize in SF, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Western & Pulp Fiction. With an inventory of more than 35,000 Hardcover 1st editions, Vintage Paperbacks , Pulp Magazines & general antiquarian books. Store front open by chance or appointment.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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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