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Delia's Orchard
by Katherine Tynan
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Ward, Lock & Co, 1931. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1931. First Edition. 316 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Red cloth with black lettering. Rear endpaper missing. Mild brown staining to pages on occasion. Minimal tanning to pages throughout. Some gutter cracking. Both hinges cracked with netting visible, thus the boards are slack. Blue library jacket flap remnants glued to paste downs. Moderate wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with crushing to spine ends. Minor sunning to spine. Notable scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Book has a forward lean.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1694521139IEV
- Title
- Delia's Orchard
- Author
- Katherine Tynan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Ward, Lock & Co
- Date Published
- 1931
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
World of Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
About World of Rare Books
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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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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,...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
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