Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks
by James, Stewart, Compiled By
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- VG/None
- Seller
-
Auckland, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
USA: Abbott's Magic Novelty Co. Signed by Publisher Percy Abbott 1941 on title page. No date, presumed First Edition. Green cloth on boards, gilt titles and moderate dusting of soiling and rubbing. Spine: head & foot with thin light wear; an ever so slight vertical convex rise down spine. Boards fore corners with small bumping & light rubbing. Edges: moderate foxing and soiling. Eps: sprinkling of foxing and light age soiling. Clean content. Illustrated drawings Binding is VG albeit feels a touch loose. 498p. Signed. HB. VG/None. Illus. by Sid Lorraine and Melson, Howard.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BOOKMARK Ltd (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 038394
- Title
- Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks
- Author
- James, Stewart, Compiled By
- Illustrator
- Sid Lorraine and Melson, Howard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Publisher
- Abbott's Magic Novelty Co.
- Place of Publication
- USA
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- Performing Arts;
Terms of Sale
BOOKMARK Ltd
Will reimburse cost of book, if not as described.
About the Seller
BOOKMARK Ltd
Biblio member since 2006
Auckland
About BOOKMARK Ltd
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Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...