Desert Island Decameron
by H. Allen Smith
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1945. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1945. No Edition Remarks. 406 pages. Illustrative jacket over grey cloth. Jacket has been laminated to boards. Newspaper clipping to rear free endpaper. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Heavier tanning to pages 377 to rear free endpaper. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards are presumed clean as jacket is taped down. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Visible tanning to spine. Some rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1676053256LEE
- Title
- Desert Island Decameron
- Author
- H. Allen Smith
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran and Company
- Date Published
- 1945
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...