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Tales Of Army Life: The Raid, The Wood-felling, Sevastopol, Meeting A Moscow Acquaintance, The Cossacks And Preface To Ershov's Recollections
by Leo Tolstoy
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Oxford University Press, 1932. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1932. Tolstoy Centenary Edition. 472 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Heavy crack at title page, front board held on binding ribbon. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout however remaining binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is darkened. Sunning to spine. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Splits to cloth at spine joint at head and tail,.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1696336993ALK
- Title
- Tales Of Army Life: The Raid, The Wood-felling, Sevastopol, Meeting A Moscow Acquaintance, The Cossacks And Preface To Ershov's Recollections
- Author
- Leo Tolstoy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Date Published
- 1932
Terms of Sale
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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