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The Canals of England
by de Mare, Eric
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Fair
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: The Architectural Press, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Fair. First edition, 1950, hardcover with orange cloth boards in dust jacket, small quarto, 124pp., illustrated in b&w. Book VG+ with mild soil to boards, binding tight, endpapers foxed, otherwise text clean and unmarked but toned throughout. DJ fair with tears and creases, rubbing, looking better in protective mylar wrap.
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- Bookseller
- Common Crow Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B27772
- Title
- The Canals of England
- Author
- de Mare, Eric
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- The Architectural Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- British History, Canals
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About the Seller
Common Crow Books
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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