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The Doomed Oasis
by Innes, Hammond
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Collins, 1960. A Novel of Arabia. Black cloth, gilt text on spine. 320pp. Lightly foxed on text block edges. Lacks Ffep. Gutter crack to front eps - binding still intact. Pages clean, binding square and firm. DJ is priceclipped, edgeworn, small closed tear to rear top edge and small area of surface loss to front from sticker removal. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- All Booked
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000464
- Title
- The Doomed Oasis
- Author
- Innes, Hammond
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- Suspense Adventure Action Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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