The China Bird: The History Of Captain Killick And The Firm He Founded Killick Martin And Company
by David R. MacGregor
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Chatto and Windus, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1961. No edition stated. 366 pages. Illustrated jacket over blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Includes illustrated plates and folding diagrams. Also includes a printed compliments slip from the directors of Killick Martin. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Slight creasing and dog-eared corner of one folding plate. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Gilt is bright. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Jacket is rather rubbed and marked overall. Possible insect damage overall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1648031008ADA
- Title
- The China Bird: The History Of Captain Killick And The Firm He Founded Killick Martin And Company
- Author
- David R. MacGregor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chatto and Windus
- Date Published
- 1961
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- 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...