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A Batsford Century: The Record of a Hundred Years of Publishing and Bookselling 1843-1943
by Bolitho, Hector
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair (in mylar)
- Seller
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Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
London: B. T. Batsford Limited, 1944. Age toned textblock, else clean and very tight. Top edge gilt. Blue cloth, bumped with light fraying at the foot of the spine, bumped head of the spine and corners, toned top and bottom edges. Price-clipped dust jacket, very large chip to front top outside corner, chipping at head of spine, couple top edge chips at the back, hand-soiled sides, mylar sleeved for safe-keeping; 148p., including index.. Second Impression. Cloth. Very Good/Fair (in mylar). Illus. by Photographs/Engravings. 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall. Hardcover.
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- Bookseller
- Clausen Books, RMABA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SB16761
- Title
- A Batsford Century: The Record of a Hundred Years of Publishing and Bookselling 1843-1943
- Author
- Bolitho, Hector
- Illustrator
- Photographs/Engravings
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair (in mylar)
- Edition
- Second Impression
- Publisher
- B. T. Batsford Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1944
- Size
- 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4&q
- Keywords
- English Bookselling History, England Booksellers History, England Publishing History, England 100 Years Bookselling and Publishing Record
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books on Books;
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About the Seller
Clausen Books, RMABA
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Colorado Springs, Colorado
About Clausen Books, RMABA
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- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...
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