Ski-Plane Adventures
by Harry Wigley
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
A. H & A. W. Reed, 1965. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1965. First Edition. 222 pages. Pictorial jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Contains black and white map frontispiece, with black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages are lightly tanned, but text remains clear. Plates are bright. Binding is firm. Inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards and spine have minimal shelf-wear, with mild corner bumping and crushing to ends. Gilt remains bright. Clipped jacket. Light tanning to all surfaces, heaviest to spine and edges. Panels have light edgewear, with small tears, chips and creases, heavier to spine ends. Tape to spine ends.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1674028586ADA
- Title
- Ski-Plane Adventures
- Author
- Harry Wigley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- A. H & A. W. Reed
- Date Published
- 1965
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...