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Windfall
by K. M. Peyton
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Oxford University Press, 1962. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1962. First Edition. 201 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Dust jacket covered in removable plastic wrapper over blue cloth. Library copy, with removed inserts and inscriptions. Bright and clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with mild thumb-marking. Missing front endpaper. Notable scuffing to front pastedown. Previous owner's inscription to title page. Boards are assumed in good condition as are covered with taped on jacket. Book has forward lean. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Mild rubbing and marking all over. Mild water stain to front flap. Mild tanning to spine.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1713348295CAB
- Title
- Windfall
- Author
- K. M. Peyton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- 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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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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....
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
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