The Book of Marlow (signed)
by Cairns, A. J. (Jock)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Minus /Very Good
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Chesham, Buckinghamshire: Barracuda Books Limited, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Minus /Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. N/a. 148pp. 1990. First edition. 4to. Flat signed in black ink by the author. A very good minus, tight copy in very good jacket. No other inscriptions apart from the author's signature. Original publisher's green boards - gilt embossed to the spine. The text supported by numerous photographic reproductions. Some faint pink tone marks (foxing?) to some pages - almost exlusively in the upper margins of the first 19 pages - not heavy in any way but nonetheless present. The jacket has not been price-clipped, has some dust soiling to the head and tails of the flaps and some similar pink toning (foxing?) to the verso of the jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 235804
- Title
- The Book of Marlow (signed)
- Author
- Cairns, A. J. (Jock)
- Illustrator
- N/a
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Barracuda Books Limited
- Place of Publication
- Chesham, Buckinghamshire
- Date Published
- 1990
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Trumpington Fine Books Limited
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.