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The Compleat Angler (Goldfinch Title)
by Izaak Walton; Charles Cotton
- 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
Nicholas Vane, 1948. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1948. First Edition Thus. 241 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth. Minor foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Some subtle looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Book is slightly warped, bowed and forward leaning. Spine has light sunning with soft crushing to ends. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.
Synopsis
"First published by Oxford University Press 1935 ; First issued, with new editorial matter, as a World's classics paperback 1982, reissued as an Oxford World Classics paperback 2000 ; Reissued 2008"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-379).
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1710245961DPB
- Title
- The Compleat Angler (Goldfinch Title)
- Author
- Izaak Walton; Charles Cotton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Nicholas Vane
- Date Published
- 1948
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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