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The Dean's Watch
by Elizabeth Goudge
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Hodder and stoughton, 1960. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1960. No Edition Remarks. 350 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Minor staining, foxing and tanning to pages. Slightly more prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Mild creasing to gutters and hinges. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has similar tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Some minor tanning, creasing and scuffing overall; heavier to inside of panels.
Reviews
On Apr 23 2012, Timaay said:
Delightfully surprised! This book is densely packed with the Goudge magic that I have come to love. So dense that I read it twice in a row and the ending still had me smiling....This is a must read if you like to see the happiness of life.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1719479631ADA
- Title
- The Dean's Watch
- Author
- Elizabeth Goudge
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hodder and stoughton
- Date Published
- 1960
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
World of Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...