Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
by Lawrence Earl
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: George G. Harrap, 1950. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 135mm x 200mm. Clipped jacket has moderate general wear plus some minor chipping to head of spine. No real tears. Foxing to white verso of jacket. Moderate foxing to edges of page--block. Foxing to preliminaries and last few pages plus scattered light foxing to page margins. Former owner's details dated 1951 to ffep and two minor tape marks to each fep. Text and plates clean. Binding tight. 199pp.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lectioz Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025731
- Title
- Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
- Author
- Lawrence Earl
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- George G. Harrap
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1950
- Size
- 135mm x 200mm
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military & War;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lectioz Books
Biblio member since 2009
Gloucester, New South Wales
About Lectioz Books
Welcome to Lectioz. We are an internet-based bookseller located in Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia.The majority of our inventory is non-fiction, with a bias towards the Arts - in all its forms. In addition we stock books on Australian History, Natural History, Transport, Exploration, Science and many other subjects
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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...
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