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Alpine Days And Nights
by W. T. Kirkpatrick
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1932. Hardcover. Good. 1932. First Edition. 198 pages. No dust jacket. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages are lightly tanned with moderate foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper and paste-down, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Plates are bright and clear, with slight tanning to edges. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with mild corner bumping and slight crushing to spine ends. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Book has a subtle forward lean. Light mottling to front board edge.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1690529987IEV
- Title
- Alpine Days And Nights
- Author
- W. T. Kirkpatrick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Allen & Unwin Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1932
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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- 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
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- 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...
- First Edition
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