Hofmeyr
by Alan Paton
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Oxford University Press, 1964. Hardcover. Good. 1964. No edition remarks. 545 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with mild thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to pastedowns. Mild droplet staining to text block edges. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Notable tear to front board. Notable cracking to rear joint. Books has a backward lean. Boards are mildly warped.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1706168975ALK
- Title
- Hofmeyr
- Author
- Alan Paton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Date Published
- 1964
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:
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...