From Post Boy to Air Mail; The Story of the British Post Office
by Jackson, G Gibbard
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Sidmouth, Devon, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co Copy in blue cloth on boards with black title on cover and spine. Spine lightly sunned. Rubbing to head/foot and side edges of spine. Light tanning to front and rear end papers. Black and white frontis detached along lower edge. Clean text and b/w plates. Free of inscriptions.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Balfour Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022460
- Title
- From Post Boy to Air Mail; The Story of the British Post Office
- Author
- Jackson, G Gibbard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Marston & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- From Post Boy to Air Mail; The Story of the British Post Office G Gibbard Jackson Sampson Low, Marston & Co
Terms of Sale
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Balfour Books
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Sidmouth, Devon
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.