The Age of Paradox
by John W. Dodds
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1953. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1953. No Edition Remarks. 509 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Hinges are slightly cracked. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb marking throughout. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Minor sunning to spine and edges. Book has a moderate forward lean. Unclipped jacket. Dust jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears. Panels are detached from spine. Minor tape repairs to interior spine. Moderate tanning to interior flaps, panels and spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1633419263ADA
- Title
- The Age of Paradox
- Author
- John W. Dodds
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1953
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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...
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...