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THE PEAKE DISTRICT No 44
by K.C.EDWARDS, MA PhD , H.H.SWINNERTON, CBE DSc & R.H.HALL FLS
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: COLLINS / N/N , 1962 Green Buckram Boards with gilt blocked titles to spine and NN logo, 220 x 160 mm approx. xvi + 240 pp. 4 colour plates 24 in b/w and 15 maps and diags. all as called for. First Edition 1st printing 1962. No 44 in Collin's New Naturalist Series. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG/VG (Book- marks to front board, ink gift insc. to free front end paper. A few light foxing spots to fore edge and mild dust spotting to top edge of book block. Dust Jacket- light shelf rubbing with 2 mm approx loss to head of spine, no notable shelf soiling and non price clipped - cover 30s. Now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve. No other notable defects to book or jacket).
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- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 128995
- Title
- THE PEAKE DISTRICT No 44
- Author
- K.C.EDWARDS, MA PhD , H.H.SWINNERTON, CBE DSc & R.H.HALL FLS
- Illustrator
- CLIFFORD AND ROSEMARY ELLIS (DUST JACKET)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- COLLINS / N/N
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- The Peak District, K C Edwards , New Naturalist Series, N/N No 44
Terms of Sale
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- VG/VG
- Very Good Condition book with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used book that does show some...
- 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....
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
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