The Journal of Dr. James Barry
by Olga Racster and Jessica Grove
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
John Lane The Bodley Head, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No edition remarks. 183 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Black and white death certificate to endpaper folds. Pages remain bright and clear with mild thumb-marking present. Small chipping to some pages. Mild cracking to gutters. Pencil inscription to front pastedown and endpaper. Mild tanning and foxing to endpapers. Moderate tanning and foxing to text block edges, with some notable staining. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Moderate scratching and marking to boards. Mild sunning to spine, which has mild crushing and wear to ends. Gilt lettering has mostly been rubbed away.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1690377489IEV
- Title
- The Journal of Dr. James Barry
- Author
- Olga Racster and Jessica Grove
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Lane The Bodley Head
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...