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The Dragon and the Disc: An Investigation into the Totally Fantastic
by Holiday, F W
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1973. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 248pp, some black and white photographic plates. Black cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Rubbed spine ends. Top text block edge dusty, remaining edges tanning. Lender's stamps, and markings on endpapers and title page. Gutters strained in places. Internally neat, clean and bright. Dust jacket protected with Brodart-style sleeve, has chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, not price clipped.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020924
- Title
- The Dragon and the Disc: An Investigation into the Totally Fantastic
- Author
- Holiday, F W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Sidgwick and Jackson
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1973
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
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