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The Repairing of Books
by Sydney Cockerell
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine Condition/Fine
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Sheppard Press, London, 1958. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/Fine. SYDNEY M. COCKERELL. The Repairing of Books, London: Sheppard Press, 1958. Thin 12mo, pp. 110, 4, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. A premiere book craftsman dispenses advice on everyday problems encountered by collectors, librarians and other non-professionals in binding. With simple, clear illustration. Condition of this book: Fine in a fine dust jacket. Size: 12mo. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Books on Books; 1950s; Crafts & Hobbies. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54270. .
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- Bookseller
- Rarities etc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54270
- Title
- The Repairing of Books
- Author
- Sydney Cockerell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sheppard Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Books on Books; 1950s; Crafts & Hobbies. Sydney Cockerell The Repairing of Books
Terms of Sale
Rarities etc.
We accept returns for any reason, with a money-back guarantee and a reasonable allowance for your return shipping costs via U.S. Postal Service.
About the Seller
Rarities etc.
Biblio member since 2007
Warwick, New York
About Rarities etc.
Rarities specializes in photos, prints and art and photography books. We also offer vintage oddities.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
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