Unknown Switzerland
by Victor Tissot
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
James Pott & Co, 1905. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1905. No Edition Remarks. 371 pages. Blue dust jacket over blue cloth with a photographic black and white frontis. Comes in a blue slipcase. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pen and pencil inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper and heavier foxing and tanning to text block edges. Rear hinge is cracked with exposed netting and cracks to guttering with exposed netting. Boards have visible rubbing and moderate bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends. Slipcase has major rubbing and edge wear with visible bumping to corners and edges. Tears to edges as well. Clipped jacket with visible edge wear and rubbing. There is visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends and heavier foxing to interior.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1628243922TMB
- Title
- Unknown Switzerland
- Author
- Victor Tissot
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- James Pott & Co
- Date Published
- 1905
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- 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,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....