Penguin summer
by Eleanor Rice Pettingill
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Cassell, 1962. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1962. First Published in GB. 167 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial blue dust jacket over blue cloth. Flat signed by author to title page. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages and plates remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Notable creasing to gutter throughout. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Soft crushing to spine ends. Heavy sunning to edges and spine. Small dents to edges. Black mark to front board. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Small area of loss to front panel. Rubbing to rear panel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1637839346MHP
- Title
- Penguin summer
- Author
- Eleanor Rice Pettingill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Date Published
- 1962
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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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.