Victor Gollancz, 1953. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1953. Seventh Impression. 221 pages. Yellow dust jacket over blue cloth with black and white illustrations throughout. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pen inscriptions to front endpaper and heavy tanning to text block edges. Front hinge is cracked with exposed netting. Boards have visible rubbing and noticeable bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket with visible edge wear and rubbing. Splitting to joints and visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1650900749DPB
Title: Don Camillo and the Prodigal Son
Author: Giovanni Guareschi
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good/Good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Victor Gollancz
Date Published: 1953

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Fair: is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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...
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....
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,...
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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....