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Eton - How It Works
by J. D. R. McConnell
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Faber and Faber, 1967. Hardcover. Acceptable/Good. 1967. First Edition. 213 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates. Signed by the author, with dedication to Lucy. Pages are bright and clear, with light tanning and foxing to text block edges. Tape marks on front paste-down, with rubbing and a few small nicks along text block edge. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Slight cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Plates are bright and clear, with slight tanning to edges. Boards have light shelf-wear with minor corner bumping and slight crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine. Book has a pronounced forward lean and subtle bow. Unclipped jacket has light surface wear, with small tears, chips and creasing to spine ends, edges and corners. Lightly tanned overall.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1693477488DPB
- Title
- Eton - How It Works
- Author
- J. D. R. McConnell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Date Published
- 1967
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 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....
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
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