Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1953. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1953. No Edition Remarks. 223 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Translated by Frances Frenaye. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Some light creasing to pages. Small split to front hinge. Price sticker to front pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends, with moderate split to bottom edge. Mild tanning to spine and edges. Book is slightly forward leaning.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1628846474IEV
Title: The House That Nino Built
Author: Giovanni Guareschi
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd
Date Published: 1953

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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....
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...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...