The King Incorporated; Leopold II in the Age of Trusts
by Neal Ascherson
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
George Allen & Unwin, 1963. Hardcover. Good. 1963. First Edition. 310 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Light thumb-marking present. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Binding is slightly shaky. Paperclip and some rust marking to page edges. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. White stain to front board. Rubbed marking to rear board. Light tanning to spine and edges.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1651857577BDB
- Title
- The King Incorporated; Leopold II in the Age of Trusts
- Author
- Neal Ascherson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Allen & Unwin
- Date Published
- 1963
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...