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Natural Causes
by Henry Cecil
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Chapman and Hall, 1953. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1953. No Edition Stated. 251 pages. Illustrated jacket over red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Upper text block edge red. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning or foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards and spine are fresh and clean with minimal wear. Gilt is bright. Book has a moderate forward lean. Unclipped jacket has minimal edgewear with very slight rubbing to edges. Jacket moderately foxed overall. Jacket is slightly rubbed and marked overall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1629825066DPB
- Title
- Natural Causes
- Author
- Henry Cecil
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall
- Date Published
- 1953
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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.
- 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....
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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