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Edward Lear’s Journals, A Selection. Edited by Herbert Van Thal.
by VAN THAL, Herbert:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Arthur Barker Ltd. 1952 1st. Tall hardback, 10 x 6 ins. Cream buckram cloth with brown lettering to spine, in illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (DW edges rubbed, some light foxing to front, small nick to top end of spine and rear edge. Not price clipped. In protective sleeve.) Some minor darkening/spots to edges of cloth and spine. Moderate dark foxing spots to pages throughout. Plates remain clean and bright. Else a clean and tight copy. 260pp. Illustrated with four full-page B&W plates.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 91491
- Title
- Edward Lear’s Journals, A Selection. Edited by Herbert Van Thal.
- Author
- VAN THAL, Herbert:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Arthur Barker Ltd. 1952 1st
- Keywords
- FOREIGN TRAVEL::Europe VAN THAL, Herbert: Edward Lear’s Journals, A Selection, Edited by Herbert Van Thal, Arthur Barker Ltd., 1952, 1st, dustwrapper, B&W plates, Illustrated,
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Dorchester, Dorset
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The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
Glossary
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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...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
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