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Gimlet Off the Map
by Captain Johns W.E
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Brockhampton Press Ltd., 1951. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1951. First Edition. 191 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over grey cloth with blue lettering to spine and front board. Contains black and white plates. Pages are slightly tanned with slight foxing throughout. Heavier foxing to text-block edges. Pen inscription and small stamp to free endpapers. Noticeable staining to pastedowns and endpapers. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surface. Visible staining to boards. Noticeable discolouration to spine with small crushing to spine ends. Book has forward lean. Clipped jacket has visible edge-wear with notable tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Prominent dust staining and water marks to panels.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1703080000ABS
- Title
- Gimlet Off the Map
- Author
- Captain Johns W.E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Brockhampton Press Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1951
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...