Running Wild
by Pirie, Gordon, (His Own Story)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/VG
- Seller
-
Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd., 1961. Clean red cloth on boards with gilt titles. Edges: light few only foxings and faint dusting of soiling. Small booksellers stamp to fep foot. Faint few only foxings to a few pages margins mostly. B/w glossy illustrations. Binding is As New albeit only very slighlty cocked. 224p Dj: moderate soiling, rubbing and scratches. Spine: mildly sunned; head & foot with open wear, small splits & chips. Head & foot of flaps spines with wear, chips and splits; front flap spine bottom half with 7cm open split. Price-cut to front flap foot.. First Edition. Hb. VG/VG.
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- Bookseller
- BOOKMARK Ltd
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 043951
- Title
- Running Wild
- Author
- Pirie, Gordon, (His Own Story)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1961
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sport;
Terms of Sale
BOOKMARK Ltd
Will reimburse cost of book, if not as described.
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BOOKMARK Ltd
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Auckland
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 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...
- VG/VG
- Very Good Condition book with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used book that does show some...
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