The Captain's Table
by GORDON, Richard [OSTLERE, Gordon Stanley]
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Michael Joseph, 1955. Good. The eighth impression, September 1955. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt lettering and white decoration to spine. Slight lean to spine, rubbing to tail. Edgewear. Vertical bands of tanning to endpapers, else clean. In fair original DJ - price-clipped, ragged edges, loss to bottom of spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quair Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 827
- Title
- The Captain's Table
- Author
- GORDON, Richard [OSTLERE, Gordon Stanley]
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Date Published
- 1955
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Quair Books
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
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Glossary
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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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.