The Coast of Bohemia
by Edith Pargeter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Heinemann, 1950. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1950. First Edition. 315 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over bleu cloth with silver lettering. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Light tanning to pages with moderate cracking to gutters exposing netting; pages remain attached. Tanning heavier to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Sticker and slight stain to front free endpaper. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear. Spine has light sunning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Clipped dust jacket with with heavy rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall. Panels loosely attached to each other.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1671030153DPB
- Title
- The Coast of Bohemia
- Author
- Edith Pargeter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Date Published
- 1950
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....