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A Reader's Guide to Contemporary History
by Krikler, Bernard; Laqueur, Walter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0297994654
- ISBN 13
- 9780297994657
- Seller
-
Sleaford, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1972. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. NO CHIPPING & NO SPLITTING to CLEAN boards. Internally CLEAN with NO INSCRIPTIONS. TIGHT textblock. NO LOOSE & NO MISSING leaves. The dustwrapper is COMPLETE with NO LOSS. Normal wear to wrapper extremities. NOT PRICE CLIPPED. None of the usual nasty fading to wrapper spine..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Julian Roberts Fine Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15881
- Title
- A Reader's Guide to Contemporary History
- Author
- Krikler, Bernard; Laqueur, Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0297994654
- ISBN 13
- 9780297994657
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1972
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature & Lit Crit;
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
Julian Roberts Fine Books
We accept VISA & MASTERCARD. Cheques accepted in � Sterling only. IMOs & Foreign Bank Drafts in � Sterling - drawn on U.K. banks only. Goods may be returned for any reason if done so promptly. Reserved books will be held for 48 hours. Further images of any book available on request.
About the Seller
Julian Roberts Fine Books
Biblio member since 2006
Sleaford, Lincolnshire
About Julian Roberts Fine Books
Full Time Professional Bookdealers operating from Lincolnshire. Books can be viewed by appointment. Regular PBFA fairs attended.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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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