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Almanack: For the Year of Our Lord, 1954
by Whitaker, Joseph
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: Whitker, 1954. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1190pp, xxvi of period advertisements. Quarter bound in red cloth over green cloth-covered boards; gilt titles and black calendar on front, gilt titles on spine. 12mo. Spine ends and corners lightly rubbed and rounded. Shelf number on spine. Text block edges tanned (affects page margins). Light foxing to endpapers. Reference library plate on front pastedown. An account of the astronomical, government, finances, populations, commerce and general statistics of the nations of the world.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014436
- Title
- Almanack: For the Year of Our Lord, 1954
- Author
- Whitaker, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Whitker
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1954
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
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Biblio member since 2021
nr Canterbury, Kent
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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