Merchants of Wine Being a Centenary Account of the House of Gilbey
by Waugh, Alec
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
-
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Cassell and Company, 1957. Hardcover, 1st edition - green covers with gilt titles on spine. Illustrated. Minor edgewear otherwise a fine clean solid copy. The dust jacket is rather more worn, with chipping and rubbing, but till present and protecting the book. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Turtle Creek Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1012145
- Title
- Merchants of Wine Being a Centenary Account of the House of Gilbey
- Author
- Waugh, Alec
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cassell and Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- Wine Liquour Liquor Alcohol Beverages
- Bookseller catalogs
- .Diet, Food, Drink, Health & Fitness - Diet Health;
Terms of Sale
Turtle Creek Books
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About the Seller
Turtle Creek Books
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Mississauga, Ontario
About Turtle Creek Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...