Reluctant odyssey
by Edith Pargeter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
William Heinemann Ltd., 1946. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1946. First Edition. 293 pages. Red dust jacket over green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Second volume of The Eighth Champion of Christendom. Pages remain bright and clear. Binding remains firm. Pencil inscription to front pastedown and endpaper. Mild tanning band to rear endpapers. Mild tanning and foxing to text block edges. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Small dent and faint smudge to rear board. Mild crushing to spine head. Book has backwards lean. Clipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Light rubbing and marking all over. Notable stain to rear panel. Mild foxing to rear panel and inside. Notable folds to flaps.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1689934950MXP
- Title
- Reluctant odyssey
- Author
- Edith Pargeter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Heinemann Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1946
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- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...