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The Ship-Busters: The Story of the RAF Torpedo-Bombers
by Ralph Barker
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Chatto and Windus, 1957. Hardcover. Good. 1957. No edition remarks. 272 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. 14 black and white photographic plates. Binding remains firm. Minor cracking to gutters. There is the previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Pages and plates remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Foxing to text block edges. Boards have no edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends, tanning and darkening of gilt lettering.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1623414611EMB
- Title
- The Ship-Busters: The Story of the RAF Torpedo-Bombers
- Author
- Ralph Barker
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chatto and Windus
- Date Published
- 1957
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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...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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.
- 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....
- 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...