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H.G. Wells, A Sketch for a Portrait
by Geoffrey West
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Gerald Howe, 1930. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1930. No Edition Stated. 316 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. B&W photographs throughout. Clean pages. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Notable sunning to spine and board edges.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1689161341WSI
- Title
- H.G. Wells, A Sketch for a Portrait
- Author
- Geoffrey West
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Gerald Howe
- Date Published
- 1930
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....