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King of Air Fighters
by Flight.-Lieut. Ira Jones
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Cedric Chivers Ltd., 1970. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1970. No edition remarks. 303 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Illustrated dust jacket over black cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white portraits. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Library plate and minor pencil mark to front free end-paper. Piece of tape stuck to rear paste-down. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Mild crushing to spine ends. Top edge of text block is dust marked. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with tears and creasing.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1661922705GDO
- Title
- King of Air Fighters
- Author
- Flight.-Lieut. Ira Jones
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Cedric Chivers Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1970
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
About World of Rare Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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