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The Dreaming Shore
by Olivia Manning
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Newark on Trent, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Evans Brothers Ltd.; 1950. Hardcover -no dust cover. This book is in only fair condition. Blue cloth covered boards which are fraying to the edges. The boards are marked and faded in places. Outside hinges are cracked. Spine is marked and sunned. Top and bottom of spine well worn. Corners very rubbed and bumped. End papers depict a sketch map of Ireland. Some tanning to FFEP and last pages. Black and white photographs. Binding tight and text clean.
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- Bookseller
- Book Attic
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0100259
- Title
- The Dreaming Shore
- Author
- Olivia Manning
- Format/Binding
- Hbk.
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Evans Brothers Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1950
- Pages
- 202 pp.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel-Literature;
Terms of Sale
Book Attic
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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