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Hoffnung's Acoustics
by Gerard Hoffnung
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Dobson-Putnam,, 1961. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Specially bound by AR Mowbray & Co/ Morrell Binders, London., Ltd with original covers bound in. 12mo, unpaginated with b/w illustrations throughout. Hardcover no dust jacket. Full blue leather calf binding with 5 raised bands and gilt lettering to spine with hoffnung's signature in gilt to front cover and inside dentelles. Binding in very good condition with a little sunning to spine. Inside previous gift inscription to flyleaf, all full edge gilt pages in near fine condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nikki Green Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000513
- Title
- Hoffnung's Acoustics
- Author
- Gerard Hoffnung
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- Dobson-Putnam,
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1961
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- childrens
Terms of Sale
Nikki Green Books
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
Nikki Green Books
Biblio member since 2021
Glasgow, Glasgow
About Nikki Green Books
Nikki Green Books is based in Glasgow. We are third generation bookdealers, beginning with Eve Lowell who started The Dartmoor Bookshop in Ashburton and Sue Lowell Natural History Books, our parent company, based in London. We specialise in natural history along with a wide range of subjects
Glossary
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- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
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