The English Gypsy Caravan: Its Origins, Builders, Technology & Conservation
by Ward-Jackson, C.H. & Harvey, D.E
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good /Very Good
- Seller
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Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. Bound in red cloth, with bright, gilt lettering to spine, this hardcover Reprint (1973) is VG in VG colour printed wrapper (price-clipped). 215pp with index, 9 chapters, Bibliography, appendix on public collections, restorers and decorators and sources. Also, 29 photographs, (colour frontis) 28 line drawings and 5 scale drawings. Clean endpapers, sound tight binding, and all VG . Very Good. Hardback. Reprint. 1973.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Camillas Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002950
- Title
- The English Gypsy Caravan: Its Origins, Builders, Technology & Conservation
- Author
- Ward-Jackson, C.H. & Harvey, D.E
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- David & Charles
- Place of Publication
- Newton Abbott, Devon
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- The English Gypsy Caravan, its Origins, Builders, Technology, and Conservation, Gypsies, Romany Caravans, Barrell Roofed Caravans, Travellers, C. Ward-Jackson & D. Harvey
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Terms of Sale
Camillas Bookshop
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.
About the Seller
Camillas Bookshop
Biblio member since 2009
Eastbourne, East Sussex
About Camillas Bookshop
Camilla's Bookshop is a large secondhand and antiquarian bookstore situated in the resort town of Eastbourne.We have more than 500,000 books in all categories. Our specialities include: armed forces, transport, travel, politics, history, literature (several thousand novels including modern firsts), religion, esoteric & occult and art.Shop hours are 10:00 - 17:00, excepting Sundays and Bank Holidays.Unfortunately, we do not ship to Denmark.
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- 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....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
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