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Adventures in Science : Topical Articles, Stories, Careers
by Brookes, B. C
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Evesham, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
UK: William Heinemann, 1951. Clean blue bds with gilt title to spine. Sunning to top and bottom board edges. Small white mark to front spine edge. B/W photo plates and illustrations. Pages lightly and evenly tanning. Interior VG. Unclipped dustjacket with rubbing, creasing and tearing to edges. Some soiling to jacket. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harry Righton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023403
- Title
- Adventures in Science : Topical Articles, Stories, Careers
- Author
- Brookes, B. C
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1951
Terms of Sale
Harry Righton
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About the Seller
Harry Righton
Biblio member since 2003
Evesham, Worcestershire
About Harry Righton
Diana Righton has been an established family business for the past thirty years (James Place Books for the first 18 years). We have a large stock in the region of 100,000 books, of which only 9,000 are on the net. Please feel free to ask if you have any wants.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...