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The Great Book for Boys
by Strang, Herbert (Ed.)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Humphrey Milford, 1932. Oxford University Press. Rubbed, a little chipped to corners, cocked, gutters cracked, foxed closed edges with the odd spot to pp, presentation plate to front pastedown, else text and plates clean and bright.. Hard. Fair. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookcase
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48535
- Title
- The Great Book for Boys
- Author
- Strang, Herbert (Ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- Humphrey Milford
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1932
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
Bookcase
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Bookcase
Biblio member since 2009
Carlisle, Cumbria
About Bookcase
A Georgian four-floor antiquarian bookshop in Carlisle's historic quarter specialising in Cumbria, Scotland, Mountaineering and rare finds. We are a friendly business, which was started by a local family and is run by friendly and experienced team members.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...