Children of the Mist
by Nigel Tranter
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Acceptable/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Hodder & Stoughton, 1992. Hardcover. Acceptable/Good. 1992. First Published in Great Britain. 344 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth with gilt lettering. Signed by the author with dedication to title page. Minor tanning to otherwise clear pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to front hinge, exposing netting and causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild scuffing overall. Spine has subtle sunning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Some minor tanning, creasing and scuffing overall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1711358388IEV
- Title
- Children of the Mist
- Author
- Nigel Tranter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Date Published
- 1992
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...