The Unknown Sea
by Mauriac, Francois (trans. by Gerard Hopkins)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1948. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 1948 first edition, second printing hardback in near fine condition. No marks, clean and bright, tight binding, the light green cloth boards have just light shelf wear. In its original, unclipped dust wrapper with rubbing to edges and a little tanning to spine. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day. Please note our excellent customer feedback.
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- Bookseller
- Repton and Clover
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007967
- Title
- The Unknown Sea
- Author
- Mauriac, Francois (trans. by Gerard Hopkins)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 2nd Printing
- Publisher
- Eyre & Spottiswoode
- Date Published
- 1948
Terms of Sale
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
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