The Vet Has Nine Lives
by Alex Duncan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Michael Joseph, 1962. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1962. First Published. 197 pages. Illustrative jacket over brown cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Visible creasing to gutter. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Light crushing to spine ends. Minor tanning to spine and edges. Textblock is shaky. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Visible tanning to spine. Light rubbing to surfaces.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1656362776DPB
- Title
- The Vet Has Nine Lives
- Author
- Alex Duncan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Date Published
- 1962
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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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....
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...