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James George Frazer: The Portrait of a Scholar
by R. Angus Downie
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Watts & Co., 1940. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1940. First Edition. 141 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth boards. Ex-Library copy, with expected stamps and inscriptions. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Minor dog-eared corners, with rubbing and a few small nicks along text block edge. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with mild corner bumping and slight crushing to spine ends. Heavy tanning to spine. Liquid drops on rear board.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1692107057ADA
- Title
- James George Frazer: The Portrait of a Scholar
- Author
- R. Angus Downie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Watts & Co.
- Date Published
- 1940
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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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....
- 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...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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