Snake Man: the Story of C. J. P. Ionides
by Alan Wykes
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hamish Hamilton., 1960. Hardcover. Good. 1960. First Edition. 221 pages. No dust jacket. Brown paper covered boards with gilt lettering. Black and white photographic frontispiece. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Light tanning to pages with subtle foxing to text block edges. Minor creasing to gutters and hinges. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining and scuffing overall. Spine has light staining and sunning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1673289661LEE
- Title
- Snake Man: the Story of C. J. P. Ionides
- Author
- Alan Wykes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton.
- Date Published
- 1960
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
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- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...