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The Weekend Book
by Mendel, Vera and Meynell, Francis (eds)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Poor with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Ibstock, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Nonesuch Press. Poor with no dust jacket. 1928. New edition. Hardcover. Hardback book bound in patterned cloth with gilt titles on a black label, cloth split at spine and worn at edges, foxing and marks on pages, gift inscription on front endpaper verso. xii + 516 pages, illustrations in the text by Albert Rutherston, index .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aucott & Thomas
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 68940
- Title
- The Weekend Book
- Author
- Mendel, Vera and Meynell, Francis (eds)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor with no dust jacket
- Edition
- New edition
- Publisher
- Nonesuch Press
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- Poetry, Astronomy, Birdwatching, First Aid
- Bookseller catalogs
- Miscellaneous;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Aucott & Thomas
Biblio member since 2003
Ibstock, Leicestershire
About Aucott & Thomas
We have been selling books by post since 1995. Apart from our specialist interests, we carry a constantly changing stock of around 5000 fiction and non-fiction books covering a wide range of subjects. We can supply lists of stock in any particular area of interest on request. http://www.aucott.com/
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- 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...
- 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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