Scotland Yard
by Joseph Gollomb
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Hutchinson & Co., 1111. Hardcover. Good. No edition remarks. 284 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt to leather spine. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with some rubbing and corner bumping. Some heavy marks and staining to surfaces. Book has very strong forward lean.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1713953823ALK
- Title
- Scotland Yard
- Author
- Joseph Gollomb
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hutchinson & Co.
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:
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...