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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. Revised and reset edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (edges a little scuffed - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (worn at edges with partial loss at tail of spine - in protective wrapper, price clipped). Pp. xvii + 397 + xiii, illus with b&w plates and maps (previous owner's small bookplate on front endpaper; no inscriptions).
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- Bookseller
- Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 130860
- Title
- PEAKS AND LAMAS
- Author
- PALLIS Marco
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949
Terms of Sale
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Returns accepted subject to prior notice.
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Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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
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- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...