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Blenden Hall: the True Story of a Shipwreck a Casting Away and Life on a Desert Island
by J G Lockhart
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philip Allan, 1930. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1930. First Edition. 232 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Contains black and white illustrated frontispiece, with other plates throughout, some photographic. Pages are mildly tanned and foxed, heavier to front and rear of textblock, but text remains clear. Plates are brighter. Binding is firm. Faint inscriptions to front endpapers. Deckled bottom edge to textblock. Boards have heavy shelf-wear, with visible corner bumping and noticeable scuffing to edges. Mild crushing to spine ends, with visible splitting to head. Gilt remains bright. Heavy rubbing and scuffing overall, with visible marking also.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1675068107MHP
- Title
- Blenden Hall: the True Story of a Shipwreck a Casting Away and Life on a Desert Island
- Author
- J G Lockhart
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Philip Allan
- Date Published
- 1930
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- Acceptable
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- Cloth
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- Foxed
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- Edges
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- 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...
- Jacket
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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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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