The Boy's Book of Sport
by Carlton Wallace
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Ward, Lock and Co., Ltd., 1951. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1951. First Edition. 352 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Black and white photographic plates and illustrations throughout. Slight cracking to gutters with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Very slight crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Wear marks and foxing overall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1643890266MHP
- Title
- The Boy's Book of Sport
- Author
- Carlton Wallace
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Ward, Lock and Co., Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1951
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- 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....