The Overloaded Ark
by Gerald M. Durrell
- Used
- Acceptable
- Paperback
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Penguin Books, 1962. Paperback. Acceptable. 1962. Reprint. 235 pages. Pictorial paper cover. Contains black and white illustrations. Neat, clean, with heavy tanning and foxing to pages and text block edges. Occasional thumbing throughout and mild cracking to front hinge. Light foxing to reverse side of covers. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Small tears and chipping, with heavy tanning and marking overall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1629229741DPB
- Title
- The Overloaded Ark
- Author
- Gerald M. Durrell
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Date Published
- 1962
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
About World of Rare Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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....
- 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...