Études '57-'58
by Osbert, Lancaster
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/F/VG
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. * Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1958* Publisher: John Murray.* Binding and cover condition: Chrome yellow cloth, green title to spine and face. Green vignette to face. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Three colour cartoon to dust wrapper, price clipped. Slight shelf wear to top & bottom edge and to head & tail of spine. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear. Small neat dedication to title page. Some fox marks to top edge, otherwise no visible faults. VG* Illustrations: B/w line drawn cartoons throughout.* Pages: 64 pp. text.* Description: This is a late ?fifties collection of Mr. Lancaster?s daily comments on the social life of the mid-twentieth century world. 1958 was a fruitful year with a spate of public events that showed us at our best ? or at our worst, and, whatever our individual or collective reactions would have been, Mr Lancaster adds the coup-de-grace.* A NEAR FINE copy of the 1st. edition with only minor faults reducing it to VG*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1103
- Title
- Études '57-'58
- Author
- Osbert, Lancaster
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/F/VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 1st. Imp.
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London Uk 63
- Date Published
- 1958-01-01
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- Vignette
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- Fine
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- 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...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- 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....
- 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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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