A World Treasury of Proverbs From Twenty-Five Languages
by Henry Davidoff (ed.)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Cassell & Company Ltd, 1953. Hardcover. Good. 1953. First Edition Thus. 492 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Bright and clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Mild droplet staining to text block edges. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Tape and stickers to spine. Moderate water stains to rear board. Mild scratching and marking to boards. Book has forward lean.
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- Seller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1709640369BWS
- Title
- A World Treasury of Proverbs From Twenty-Five Languages
- Author
- Henry Davidoff (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Cassell & Company Ltd
- Date Published
- 1953
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- 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...
- Gilt
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- 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
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- Jacket
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- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...