A Traveller in Rome
by H. V. Morton
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Methuen Publishing Ltd, 1957. Hardcover. Good. 1957. First Published. 432 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Signed by the author with dedication to half title page. Black and white and colour photographic plates. Light foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Light cracking to gutters slightly exposing netting; some noticeable looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has minor tanning with 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 #
- 1695363438ALK
- Title
- A Traveller in Rome
- Author
- H. V. Morton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Methuen Publishing Ltd
- Date Published
- 1957
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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...