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Water Into Gold
by Ernestine Hill
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Angus & Robertson, 1965. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1965. Reprint. 291 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over purple cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Clean pages with faint tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to half title page. Previous owner's inscription to reverse of half title page and reverse of frontispiece. Boards have light edge wear with minor corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine, with occasional markings overall. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Tape to edges. Mild sunning to spine. Light rubbing and marking all over.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1701173942BWS
- Title
- Water Into Gold
- Author
- Ernestine Hill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Angus & Robertson
- Date Published
- 1965
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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....
- 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...
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