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dogs of character
by Cecil Aldin
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Poor
- Seller
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Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1927. 1st Edition. 4to, vii + pp116 with Aldin's charming White, cream and black illustrations throughout and 1 colour plate. Hardcover with dust jacket. DJ in protective sleeve in poor condition with most of spine missing and chipping and tearing to all edges with other small pieces missing. Original brown cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine and front board and illustration of Bull Terrier pasted to front board in very good condition with some a few dents to boards. Inside end papers have been torn out otherwise in very good condition with the odd spot of foxing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nikki Green Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000609
- Title
- dogs of character
- Author
- Cecil Aldin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Eyre & Spottiswoode
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1927
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- arts / dogs
Terms of Sale
Nikki Green Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Nikki Green Books
Biblio member since 2021
Glasgow, Glasgow
About Nikki Green Books
Nikki Green Books is based in Glasgow. We are third generation bookdealers, beginning with Eve Lowell who started The Dartmoor Bookshop in Ashburton and Sue Lowell Natural History Books, our parent company, based in London. We specialise in natural history along with a wide range of subjects
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- 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...
- Edges
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....
- 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...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- 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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