Pearl of Pearl Island
by John Oxenham
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hodder and Stoughton, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No edition remarks. 305 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages have moderate tanning throughout. Notable cracking at front hinge, front endpaper missing. Previous owner's inscription to half title page. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild sunning to board edges. Heavy tanning to spine, which has mild crushing and wear to ends. Book has forward lean. Small dents to board edges.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1692808563LEE
- Title
- Pearl of Pearl Island
- Author
- John Oxenham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...