Post Captain
by O'BRIAN, Patrick
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0002216574
- ISBN 13
- 9780002216579
- Seller
-
Auckland, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Collins, 1972 Pale blue cloth titled in gilt on spine. Very tidy, slight fading to edges of boards, 2 small patches of light damp stain to front board, black pen mark on front paste-down, some light spots of foxing in endpapers. Dust jacket is price unclipped, light crease to each flap, minor rubbing to corners and spine ends, 2 small closed tears to rear edge, unfaded, protected in a removable clear film sleeve.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mainly Fiction
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012569
- Title
- Post Captain
- Author
- O'BRIAN, Patrick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0002216574
- ISBN 13
- 9780002216579
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1972
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Mainly Fiction
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Auckland
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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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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