The Free Booters
by TRANTER, NIGEL
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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DUNEDIN, Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
Ward, Lock & Co 1950. First edition, octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine, 283pp, VG- (Christmas gift inscription & previous owner's name in ink on fep; mod. bruising, chipping, soiling & rubbing to covers & edges; spine has sl. fraying at extrems; sl. tanning to eps & page edges; sl. cocked; sunning - spine has completely lost blue colour, cover edges some loss; in protective mylar cover).
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- Bookseller
- Hard To Find Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 248575
- Title
- The Free Booters
- Author
- TRANTER, NIGEL
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ward, Lock & Co 1950
- Keywords
- first edition literature fiction adventure espionage Scottish Nationalism
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- SL.
- slight
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
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