The Secret Thread
by Ethel Vance
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Collins, 1948. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1948. No Edition Remarks. 192 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth. Boots library rebind with associated stickers and markings to pages and boards. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Scuffing to rear pastedown. Pencil inscription to rear pastedown. Brown staining to textblock edges. Visible creasing to gutter. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Some marks and scratches to boards. Textblock is slightly shaky.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1666615645MEP
- Title
- The Secret Thread
- Author
- Ethel Vance
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Collins
- Date Published
- 1948
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:
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...