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The Beautiful Years
by Williamson, Henry
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: Faber and Faber. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Undated (circa 1940s). 240pp. Yellow cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. 12mo. Lightly rubbed corners and spine ends, slightly cocked, boards a little soiled. Text block edges tanning, small stain to bottom edge. Small annotation on front free endpaper otherwise, internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Paper dust jacket sun-faded, has 2cm closed tear at spine head and rear joint, 1cm closed tear top front corner, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, not price clipped.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021204
- Title
- The Beautiful Years
- Author
- Williamson, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fiction, Novels
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About the Seller
BookAddiction
Biblio member since 2021
nr Canterbury, Kent
About BookAddiction
Based in the leafy hamlet of Chartham Hatch, just a few miles from the historic Cathedral city of Canterbury, BookAddiction offers beautiful, illustrated and collectible used books and a selection of unique works on paper.BookAddiction was established in 1999 (originally trading as The Virtual Bookshelf). We are members of the book-selling co-operation, Ibooknet, which extends the highest professional and ethical standards, and are in the process of joining the Provincial Booksellers' Fairs Association (PBFA).Follow our blog, on books and book collecting at www.bookaddictionuk.wordpress.uk or visit our website at www.bookaddiction.co.uk.We welcome inquiries about our books and endeavour to respond promptly. Please ask away, Offers always welcome.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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