The Tontine Volume I
by Thomas B. Costain
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1955. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1955. No Edition Remarks. 465 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth with gilt lettering. Rough-cut pages. Black and white illustrations throughout. Volume I. Light thumb marking, foxing and tanning to pages; more prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Rear hinge is visibly cracked with netting exposed but pages and board remains attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has moderate tanning with noticeable denting and soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1670332257MHP
- Title
- The Tontine Volume I
- Author
- Thomas B. Costain
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Date Published
- 1955
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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...