Target Island
by Brophy, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Minus/Fair
- Seller
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Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Collins, 1944. DJ heavily rubbed with chipped edges. Spine and board edges sunned, corners bumped, front gutter cracked, date written to ffep, the odd spot else pp clean and bright.. First Edition. Cloth. Good Minus/Fair. 12mo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookcase (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55557
- Title
- Target Island
- Author
- Brophy, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1944
- Size
- 12mo
Terms of Sale
Bookcase
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Bookcase
Biblio member since 2009
Carlisle, Cumbria
About Bookcase
A Georgian four-floor antiquarian bookshop in Carlisle's historic quarter specialising in Cumbria, Scotland, Mountaineering and rare finds. We are a friendly business, which was started by a local family and is run by friendly and experienced team members.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...