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Schweitzer - a Biography
by George Marshall and David Poling
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG
- ISBN 10
- 0713800003
- ISBN 13
- 9780713800005
- Seller
-
Lutterworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1971. First biography after Schweitzer's death, with forward by his daughter, Rhena. Grey covers with gilt, 342pp inc index with black endpapers and two blocs of b/w illustrations. Book has a couple of light marks and light foxing on page edges, sunned top covers edges and light bumping to head and foot of spine, but little sign of wear. Unclipped DJ has light sunning to edges, slightly beached red spine lettering, but very little wear. Internally very clean and tight and overall a VG copy. Ref:093296. First Edition. Cloth. VG+/VG. 16x23.5cm.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Church Street Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003296
- Title
- Schweitzer - a Biography
- Author
- George Marshall and David Poling
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0713800003
- ISBN 13
- 9780713800005
- Publisher
- Geoffrey Bles
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1971
Terms of Sale
Church Street Books
payment with order. Refund if description inaccurate
About the Seller
Church Street Books
Biblio member since 2007
Lutterworth, Leicestershire
About Church Street Books
Second-hand book dealer (formerly in a Diss Shop), with a stock of around 2000 books from modern quality literature to reference, aviation, classics and antiquarian
Glossary
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- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- 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....
- VG+/VG
- A book in slightly better than Very Good Condition with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used...
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