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Asia And Europe
by Meredith Townsend
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd., 1901. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1901. No Edition Remarks. 388 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with chipped title label to spine. Book appears to be rebound. Pages are bright, with moderate tanning and foxing to free endpapers and text block edges. Ex-libris present on front paste-down, with a few small nicks and rub marks along text block edge. Mild cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with mild bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Heavy tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Boards are subtly bowed. Water drops on rear board.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1692360886MEP
- Title
- Asia And Europe
- Author
- Meredith Townsend
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1901
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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....
- 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....
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
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