Specifications in Detail
by Frank W. Macey
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1922. Hardcover. Good. 1922. No Edition Remarks. 618 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt. In-text illustrations. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting causing the binding to be shaky. Heavier cracking to board gutters. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Moderate tanning to spine. Sunning to spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1685471074GEO
- Title
- Specifications in Detail
- Author
- Frank W. Macey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Crosby Lockwood and Son
- Date Published
- 1922
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...