The Fancy
by Monica Dickens
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Michael Joseph, 1943. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1943. Fifth Impression. 263 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Notable creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. White marks and scratches to boards. Textblock is shaky. Book has a visible forward lean.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1646999157MEP
- Title
- The Fancy
- Author
- Monica Dickens
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Date Published
- 1943
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...