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Childhood, Boyhood, Youth
by Count Lyof N. Tolstoi
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Walter Scott, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 388 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth with gilt decoration to front board and spine. Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages are moderately tanned with foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Tape repair to front hinge. Cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Minor dog-eared corners. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with notable bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Book has a pronounced forward lean. Small splits to spine ends.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1689162691MHP
- Title
- Childhood, Boyhood, Youth
- Author
- Count Lyof N. Tolstoi
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Walter Scott
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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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