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The Rocks Remain
by Gavin Maxwell
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
E. P. Duuton, 1963. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1963. Second Impression. 186 pages. Colour photographic dust jacket over grey cloth with photographic black and white plates throughout. Heavy foxing and visible tanning to pages with front endpaper missing and major foxing and tanning to text block edges. Front hinge is cracked with exposed netting. Boards have visible rubbing and notable bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and book is forward leaning. Unclipped jacket with visible edge wear and heavier foxing. Splitting to joints and visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends. Major foxing to interior.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1654763839IEV
- Title
- The Rocks Remain
- Author
- Gavin Maxwell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- E. P. Duuton
- Date Published
- 1963
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
About World of Rare Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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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