Somerset; a Shell Guide.
by C H B & Peter Quennell:
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: The Architectural Press, no date [1936]. First edition (hardback). 8vo (25cm by 20cm), 46pp. Plates, text illustrations, 2pp colour maps. Bound in mottled grey cloth, gilt titling to the spine. This copy is in very good condition (some light rubbing of the boards). Several of the pre-WW2 Shell Guides can be found in this grey cloth binding, and opinion is divided as to why the books were bound up this way. The most convincing suggestion I have heard is that they were used as publisher's rep's samples. This book is in a slightly larger format than the more commonly seen softcover issue, which measures 23cm by 18cm.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornell Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 67167
- Title
- Somerset; a Shell Guide.
- Author
- C H B & Peter Quennell:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- London: The Architectural Press, no date [1936].
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About the Seller
Cornell Books Limited
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Tewkesbury
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We are a medium-sized bookshop located in a small country town in the west of England. The shop is open for business from 1030 to 1700 Monday to Saturday. The building is a fifteenth-century former public house. We are still awaiting the day when we find a book older than the shop itself!
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- 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
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- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
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