The Serpent and the Tortoise: Problems of the New China
by Edgar Faure
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Macmillan & Co., 1958. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1958. No Edition Remarks. 205 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Illustrative paper covered boards. Laminated boards. Ex-Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Scuffing to front pastedown. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Some creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Light crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Light marks to boards.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1690524125ADA
- Title
- The Serpent and the Tortoise: Problems of the New China
- Author
- Edgar Faure
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co.
- Date Published
- 1958
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.