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The Manchester Man
by Mrs G Linaeus Banks
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good-/Fair
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$28.84A$21.63
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About This Item
The Manchester Man by Mrs G Linaeus Banks, illustrated by Eileen Gee
Hardback, 1954 (first published 1876), first edition thus, published by John Sherratt and Son, Altrincham, vi + 314 pages.
Octavo/8vo, measures around 8" by 5 1/2" by 1 1/2". Pictorial dust jacket, which is price-clipped and displays some marking, scuffing, tearing and tattering. Sky blue cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine. Some marking and scuffing to binding but reasonably clean and colouring still vivid. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges. Book has slight forward tilt. Some slackness to binding but book contents quite firm. Page edges foxed and a little browned and scuffed. Minor marking to endpapers, gift inscription to front free endpaper but otherwise page surfaces very clean, with the exception of the odd substantially foxed page. No underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.
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Details
- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #BIBLIO-438
- Title
- The Manchester Man
- Author
- Mrs G Linaeus Banks
- Illustrator
- Eileen Gee
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Sherratt and Son
- Place of Publication
- Altrincham
- Date Published
- 1954
- Pages
- vi + 314
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
GN Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
About GN Books and Prints
Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
Glossary
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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