Alarms And Discursions
by G. K. Chesterton
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1927. Hardcover. Good. 1927. Fifth Edition. 260 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Contains ex-libris plate. Pages are mildly tanned with light foxing. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Mild thumb-marking present. Mild water staining to pages throughout. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and mild marking to boards. Heavy tanning to spine, which has mild crushing and tearing to ends. Mild water stains and droplets to spine. Book has forward lean.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1704884167LEE
- Title
- Alarms And Discursions
- Author
- G. K. Chesterton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Methuen & Co. Ltd
- Date Published
- 1927
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....