Standard Stories from the Operas
by Gladys Davidson
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Werner Laurie, 1954. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1954. Sixth Impression. 968 pages. Dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains ex-libris plate. Clean pages with noticeable tanning to endpapers. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Heavy glue staining to pastedowns. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild sunning to spine and board edges. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has forward lean. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Heavy staining to flaps. Mild tanning to spine. Light rubbing and marking all over.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1708617910LEE
- Title
- Standard Stories from the Operas
- Author
- Gladys Davidson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Werner Laurie
- Date Published
- 1954
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.