The Omnibus of Crime
by Dorothy L. Sayers (ed.)
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Harcourt, Brace And Company, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No edition stated. 1177 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Introduction copyright 1929. Pages are visibly tanned with minor foxing throughout. Heavier tanning to text-block edges, pastedowns and endpapers. Pen and pencil marks to front free endpaper. Heavy cracking to hinges, with exposed netting. Pages 1173-1177, rear free endpaper and pastedown with small tears. Binding is shaky. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surface. Notable tanning to spine and boards edges with some fraying cloth. Dark marks to spine with prominent crushing to spine ends. Light stains to rear board. Gilt lettering is darkened.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1704381798CAB
- Title
- The Omnibus of Crime
- Author
- Dorothy L. Sayers (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace And Company
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
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- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.