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A Lost Lady of Old Years
by John Buchan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1950. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1950. Reprint. 304 pages. White and red dust jacket over red cloth. Moderate tanning to pages with pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and slight dog-eared pages throughout. Notable water marks and tanning to text block edges. Boards have fair rubbing and minor bumping to corners. Notable crushing to spine ends and rear board is bending. Unclipped jacket with visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends and noticeable rubbing. Visible water marks and sunning to spine with moderate water marks and sunning to interior as well.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1623433411LSA
- Title
- A Lost Lady of Old Years
- Author
- John Buchan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson and Sons
- Date Published
- 1950
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
World of Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
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:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....
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