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Caravan: The Assembled Tales of John Galsworthy
by Galsworthy, John
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: William Heinemann, 1934. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. x, 950pp. Green cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on front and spine; gilt author's monogram on front; top edge sprayed green. 12mo. Sun-faded spine. Lightly bumped and rubbed spine ends; slightly cocked. Text block edges just starting to fox and tan. Signature binding. Endpapers tanned, just starting to fox. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Hinges stretched at front pastedown; gutter cracked at title page; volume loose. Internally neat, clean and bright.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014617
- Title
- Caravan: The Assembled Tales of John Galsworthy
- Author
- Galsworthy, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1934
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
BookAddiction
Biblio member since 2021
nr Canterbury, Kent
About BookAddiction
Based in the leafy hamlet of Chartham Hatch, just a few miles from the historic Cathedral city of Canterbury, BookAddiction offers beautiful, illustrated and collectible used books and a selection of unique works on paper.BookAddiction was established in 1999 (originally trading as The Virtual Bookshelf). We are members of the book-selling co-operation, Ibooknet, which extends the highest professional and ethical standards, and are in the process of joining the Provincial Booksellers' Fairs Association (PBFA).Follow our blog, on books and book collecting at www.bookaddictionuk.wordpress.uk or visit our website at www.bookaddiction.co.uk.We welcome inquiries about our books and endeavour to respond promptly. Please ask away, Offers always welcome.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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,...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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