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They Wouldn't Be Chessmen
by MASON, A. E. W
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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DUNEDIN, Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd 1935. First edition, octavo, light blue buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & dark blue lettering to front board, 343pp + 8pp book ads, VG (moderately heavy tanning to page edges, light tanning to eps, v slight bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, G+ (2cm off loss to spine extrems, soiling to rear, several closed tears to edges, nicks to corners & edges, creasing to edges, browning & foxing inside)
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- Bookseller
- Hard To Find Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 192191
- Title
- They Wouldn't Be Chessmen
- Author
- MASON, A. E. W
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton Ltd 1935
- Keywords
- first edition AEW Mason literature
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
- 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....
- G+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good. Good is defined as "describes the average used and worn book...
- 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...
- 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...