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Althorp: The Story of an English House
by Charles Spencer
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Viking, 2001. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 2001. First reissued. 168 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white and colour illustrations and plates. Signed by the author with dedication to Pat and Peter on title page. Clean pages, illustrations and plates with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Minor wear marks to spine and panels.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1709564909IEV
- Title
- Althorp: The Story of an English House
- Author
- Charles Spencer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good/Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Viking
- Date Published
- 2001
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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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...
- 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....
- 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.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...