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Parson's Pitch
by David Sheppard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Hodder And Stoughton, 1964. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1964. Second Impression. 253 pages. Signed by the author. Green dust jacket over black cloth with photographic black and white plates throughout. Authors signature to title page. Minor foxing and tanning to pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Heavier foxing and tanning to text block edges and both hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Boards have visible rubbing and notable bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and book is forward leaning. Clipped jacket with visible edge wear and heavier rubbing and foxing. Splitting to joints and visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends. Visible foxing and sunning to interior.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1653677864GEO
- Title
- Parson's Pitch
- Author
- David Sheppard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hodder And Stoughton
- Date Published
- 1964
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:
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
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