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Testaments of Time: The Search for Lost Manuscripts and Records
by Deuel, Leo
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ in Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0140211446
- ISBN 13
- 9780140211443
- Seller
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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Alfred A Knopf. Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1966. Second Printing. Hardcover. 0140211446 . Red cloth over boards with gilt lettering on spine. Cover is unworn. Binding sound, square, and tight. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. There are occasional light pencil markings in the margins, without which the book would be Fine. Unclipped DJ has some loss at head and tail of spine, a chip from lower rear corner, and some tears reinforced with tape. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 590 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- James F. Balsley, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17799
- Title
- Testaments of Time: The Search for Lost Manuscripts and Records
- Author
- Deuel, Leo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- Second Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0140211446
- ISBN 13
- 9780140211443
- Publisher
- Alfred A Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- 0140211446
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books & Book Collecting;
Terms of Sale
James F. Balsley, Bookseller
All books are warranted to be as described and genuine (unless stated otherwise in the description). Payment by check, US postal money order or cashier's check in USD will be accepted and should be made out to James F. Balsley. Checks may be held until cleared by the bank unless you are known to me. Checks must be drawn on a US bank. Credit cards are accepted through Biblio.com. Books may be returned for any reason within 10 days of receipt for a full refund of the purchase price provided the book is returned in the same condition in which it was shipped. If the return is because the description is inaccurate or other error on my part, I will also refund the postage both ways.
About the Seller
James F. Balsley, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2006
Williamsburg, Virginia
About James F. Balsley, Bookseller
My business is strictly on-line sales. I carry an inventory of about 2000 books. About half of these are modern fiction. Most of the rest are scholarly academic books concentrated in the areas of natural science, philosophy, history, and literature.
Glossary
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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