Destiny of Fire: a Historical Novel
by Zoe Oldenbourg
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Victor Gollancz, 1961. Hardcover. Good. 1961. This Edition. 336 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Boots library rebind with associated stickers and markings to pages and boards. Light staining and tanning to pages; text unaffected. More prominent to text block edges. Pen inscription and sticker to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1676277506TMB
- Title
- Destiny of Fire: a Historical Novel
- Author
- Zoe Oldenbourg
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz
- Date Published
- 1961
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- 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....
- 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...
- 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....