A VOYAGE IN SPACE
by turner , h h
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Running Springs, California, United States
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About This Item
Hardcover. Fair. Inscribed, but not signed, by the author to the previous owner, amateur astronomer E. B. Knobel, on the front free endpaper. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1915. First edition. Hardcover. 5 x 8 ”. 304 pp. Fair. No dust jacket. Rubbing to the tips of the boards with chipping and splitting along the spine. The binding is cocked. Minor to moderate soiling to some of the inside pages. Minimal ink marks in the text. Notes in pencil on the rear free endpaper. The binding is shaken and splitting in areas, but it is still intact.
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- Bookseller
- R. Rivers Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BOOK3-101117019
- Title
- A VOYAGE IN SPACE
- Author
- turner , h h
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Product_type
- 1
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About the Seller
R. Rivers Books
Biblio member since 2016
Running Springs, California
About R. Rivers Books
R. Rivers Books offering Non-fiction and Fiction titles with an emphasis on Art, Vintage Children's, Military, and Local History books.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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....
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