I Know An Island
by R. M. Lockley
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
George G. Harrap & Co Ltd, 1947. Hardcover. Good. 1947. First Edition Thus. 243 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt decoration to front. Illustrated by James Lucas. From the Country-Lover's Library series. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper. Boards have some edge wear, with slight bumping and fraying to corners, while spine ends are moderately crushed and rubbed. Slightly scratched, rubbed and marked overall. Spine is noticeably sunned. Strips of sunning front and rear. Spine slightly foxed. Gilt is dulled and worn.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1678706343ADA
- Title
- I Know An Island
- Author
- R. M. Lockley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George G. Harrap & Co Ltd
- Date Published
- 1947
Terms of Sale
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Glossary
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...