Slightly Foxed - but still desirable. Ronald Searle’s wicked world of Book Collecting.
by SEARLE, RONALD:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Souvenir Press. 1989 1st. 12.0 x 9.0 inches. In terra cotta cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. Yellow endpapers. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (d/w; Slightly creased along top edges. Not price clipped). Else a clean and tight copy. 124 pp. Illustrated with 60 + coloured sketch drawings. Collection of amusing drawings illustrating jargon from the used book trade.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 93727
- Title
- Slightly Foxed - but still desirable. Ronald Searle’s wicked world of Book Collecting.
- Author
- SEARLE, RONALD:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Souvenir Press. 1989 1st
- Keywords
- Art RONALD SEARLE, Dustwrapper First Edition Illustrated Books Cartoons
Terms of Sale
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...