Queen Alexandra
by W. R. H. Trowbridge
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
T. Fisher Unwin Ltd., 1923. Hardcover. Good. 1923. Second Edition. 312 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Light foxing and tanning to pages; more prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Slight creasing to gutters and hinges. Binding is slightly loose. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild sunning, staining and scuffing overall. Spine has visible tanning with soft splitting and crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1673337037ADA
- Title
- Queen Alexandra
- Author
- W. R. H. Trowbridge
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- T. Fisher Unwin Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1923
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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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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....