The Gardener's Year
by Karel Capek
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
George Allen & Unwin, 1932. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1932. Seventh Impression. 160 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated green cloth. Illustrated by Josef Capek. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Illustrations are bright and clear, with some light tanning and foxing to edges. Water staining to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Water staining to boards. Some crushing to spine ends.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1701698266ADA
- Title
- The Gardener's Year
- Author
- Karel Capek
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Allen & Unwin
- Date Published
- 1932
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:
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...