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HONG KONG
by GLEASON Gene
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good with foxing to front and rear pages, faint spots at side edge and light soiling to top edge. Very good boards with bum
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London,, 1964. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.. Very good with foxing to front and rear pages, faint spots at side edge and light soiling to top edge. Very good boards with bumped spine at rear. Good+ dust jacket with bright front illustrations, but with spots at verso, some discolouration to rear and flaps, with very small closed tears at spine ends.. 8vo. Pp: 200. First edition. Colour illustrated dust jacket. Red buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated with black and white photographic plates.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Any Amount of Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- C68160
- Title
- HONG KONG
- Author
- GLEASON Gene
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good with foxing to front and rear pages, faint spots at side edge and light soiling to top edge. Very good boards with bum
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London,
- Date Published
- 1964
- Pages
- 200
- Keywords
- AsiaTravel
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About the Seller
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London, Greater London
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
- 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....
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
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