The Swiss Summer
by Gibbons, Stella
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Longmans Green and Co, 1951. Boards have minimal shelf wear, some light sunning to spine and mild rubbing and dings. Small ink mark to head of front p/d, very light foxing to c/e and f-rep. PP are very clean and tidy, nice, tight edition. First Edition. Cloth Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookcase (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46594
- Title
- The Swiss Summer
- Author
- Gibbons, Stella
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Longmans Green and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1951
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
Bookcase
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Bookcase
Biblio member since 2009
Carlisle, Cumbria
About Bookcase
A Georgian four-floor antiquarian bookshop in Carlisle's historic quarter specialising in Cumbria, Scotland, Mountaineering and rare finds. We are a friendly business, which was started by a local family and is run by friendly and experienced team members.
Glossary
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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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.