The Lantern Bearers
by Rosemary Sutcliff
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Oxford University Press, 1959. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1959. First Edition. 252 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Pictorial dust jacket over purple cloth. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Water staining to some pages, text remains unaffected. Tape mark to rear free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Tape mark and red marking to front flap. Water staining to edges. Paper worn away to front panel. Wear marks overall.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1686142486LEE
- Title
- The Lantern Bearers
- Author
- Rosemary Sutcliff
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Date Published
- 1959
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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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...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- First Edition
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