Last Recollections of My Uncle Charles
by Balchin, Nigel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Very Good Minus
- Seller
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Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Collins, 1954. DJ lightly foxed with minor loss and chipping to head of spine, tape repaired to the inside. The lightest of shelfwear to book, light foxing to endpapers, else clean and tight.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/Very Good Minus. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookcase (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48107
- Title
- Last Recollections of My Uncle Charles
- Author
- Balchin, Nigel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Minus
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Collins
- Date Published
- 1954
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
Bookcase
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Bookcase
Biblio member since 2009
Carlisle, Cumbria
About Bookcase
A Georgian four-floor antiquarian bookshop in Carlisle's historic quarter specialising in Cumbria, Scotland, Mountaineering and rare finds. We are a friendly business, which was started by a local family and is run by friendly and experienced team members.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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....
- 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...