A Seal Flies By
by R. H. Pearson
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Rupert Hart-Davis, 1959. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1959. First Edition. 154 pages. Illustrated dustjacket over blue cloth. Includes black & white plates. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Binding is shaky, however pages remain fully attached. Unequal tanning to endpaper corresponding with jacket flaps. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Spine has crushing to both ends. Book has forward lean. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Spine is heavily tanned.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1632135553IEV
- Title
- A Seal Flies By
- Author
- R. H. Pearson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Rupert Hart-Davis
- Date Published
- 1959
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Glossary
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- 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...