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True Blue : A British Seaman of the Old School
by Kingston, W. H. G
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Kidderminster, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Griffith Farran Browne & Co. Limited. Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Undated but attractive Sunday School prize plate dated 1917 to front pastedown. Blue cloth boards with very bright gilt titles and decoration to front and spine. Front hinge tender but binding tight. Rubbing to spine ends and corners. Top edge gilt. Content clean and bright. Not ex-library. No names, notes or inscriptions. 436 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Soin2Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001191
- Title
- True Blue : A British Seaman of the Old School
- Author
- Kingston, W. H. G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Griffith Farran Browne & Co. Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...