Dover Harbour
by Thomas Armstrong
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/Fair
- Seller
-
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Item Price
€7.79€6.24
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London & Glasgow: Collins Clear-Type Press, 1947 Book. Fair. Blue Cloth Boards. 3rd Impression. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Romantic novel first published in 1942, set against the background of England at the end of the 18th century. 576pp illustrated with map to endpapers. Gilt lettering to spine. Top board bowed, left hinge starting to pull, bumping to spine and corners, edges age-toned and former owner's name to half-title page, otherwise fair/good reading copy. Unclipped DJ has edgewear, rubbing, marking to rear panel and slight loss to corners but has been reinforced with stiff paper..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Washburn Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015711
- Title
- Dover Harbour
- Author
- Thomas Armstrong
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- 3rd Impression
- Publisher
- Collins Clear-Type Press
- Place of Publication
- London & Glasgow
- Date Published
- 1947
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Terms of Sale
Washburn Books
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
Biblio member since 2010
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
Washburn Books is a small family business, based in Yorkshire. We offer a wide variety of hard-to-find and out-of-print books in our virtual store, as well as an offline search service. We take pride in our fast delivery of well packaged books.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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