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A Preface To Paradise Lost
by C.S. Lewis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
London: Oxford Univeristy Press, 1942. Hardcover. First Edition, First Impression. 5 x 7.5in. vii. 139pp. Publisher's cloth boards. VERY GOOD in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows the text-block edges somewhat foxed, former owner name and date at the front endpaper, several pages occasionally throughout with a slight suggestion of foxing at the margins only, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain bright and distinct. The dust jacket shows a chip from the topmost of the spine, spine tanned, slight shelf rubbing of the extremities, back panel only lightly shelf rubbed, price-clipped, otherwise remains distinct. As pictured.
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Details
- Bookseller
- North Books: Used & Rare
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31005
- Title
- A Preface To Paradise Lost
- Author
- C.S. Lewis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Oxford Univeristy Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1942
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About the Seller
North Books: Used & Rare
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St. Louis, Missouri
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
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