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A Compass Error
by Sybille Bedford
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Collins, 1968. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1968. First Edition. 221 pages. Green dust jacket over pink cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Pages remain bright and clear with some small staining throughout. Pencil inscription to paste downs and front end papers. Mild tanning and foxing to text block edges. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Small scratch and mark to front board. Small droplet marks to rear board. Minor wear to spine ends. Book has forward lean. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Light rubbing and marking all over. Mild tanning to spine, which has a small amount of wear to joints.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1689252687DPB
- Title
- A Compass Error
- Author
- Sybille Bedford
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Collins
- Date Published
- 1968
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
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