BRISTOW AND THE HASTINGS RARITIES AFFAIR
by Dr. James M. Harrison
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Sussex: Privately Published, 1968. Book. Illus. by Dr. James M. Harrison. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp.160. Original dust jacket very good with light rubbing to edges, underside somewhat foxed and spotted, not price clipped, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Cloth binding with gilt lettering, fine. Contents clean and tight, a little toning to first few pages, no inscriptions. A very good copy..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Loe Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 038302
- Title
- BRISTOW AND THE HASTINGS RARITIES AFFAIR
- Author
- Dr. James M. Harrison
- Illustrator
- Dr. James M. Harrison
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Privately Published
- Place of Publication
- Sussex
- Date Published
- 1968
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies & Autobiographies - Naturalists; Birds - General;
Terms of Sale
Loe Books
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About the Seller
Loe Books
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Launceston, Cornwall
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.