Beyond Desire: A Novel Based On The Life Of Felix And Cecile Mendelssohn
by Pierre La Mure
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Collins, 1956. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1956. No edition remarks. 384 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are mild tanned with visible foxing. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Water marks to upper text block edge. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Mild tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Moderate water stains to tail of spine and front board. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Moderate foxing to inside. Heavy tanning to spine. Mild water staining to rear panel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1693494028MXP
- Title
- Beyond Desire: A Novel Based On The Life Of Felix And Cecile Mendelssohn
- Author
- Pierre La Mure
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Collins
- Date Published
- 1956
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- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- 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...