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Bookbinding for Teachers, Students and Amateurs; with 45 full-page illustrations and a plate in colour
by Forsyth, K. Marjorie
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/good +
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: A. & C. Black, 1932. Hardcover. Near Fine/good +. xii, 116 p.: frontispiece, 8 leaves of illustrations (1 color), many full-page line drawings; 22 cm. Blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Brown dust jacket (in mylar cover) with printing in dark blue. Publisher's advertisements on back section of dust jacket and on back flap. Front flap is price-clipped. First edition. Book is in Near Fine Condition: binding slightly rubbed; pages are clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Good+ Condition: edges slightly rubbed; spine is sunned and stained; front and back sections are slightly soiled and stained; 1-cm. tear from lower edge at front joint; otherwise intact.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002481
- Title
- Bookbinding for Teachers, Students and Amateurs; with 45 full-page illustrations and a plate in colour
- Author
- Forsyth, K. Marjorie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- A. & C. Black
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1932
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books & Printing;
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Classic Books and Ephemera
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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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