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Family and Class in a London Suburb
by Peter Willmott and Michael Young
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1965. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1965. Third Impression. 187 pages. Pink dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Pages remain bright and clear with mild staining to p.66-7. Binding remains firm. Mild marginalia to pages throughout. Pen scribble to rear end paper. Moderate tanning, foxing and water staining to text block edges. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Faint tanning to upper board edges. Mild tanning to spine, more notable to ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Mild tanning to surfaces. Moderate rubbing and marking all over. Pen marks to rear panel. Moderate tanning to spine. Mild foxing to inside.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1689767731MXP
- Title
- Family and Class in a London Suburb
- Author
- Peter Willmott and Michael Young
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Routledge and Kegan Paul
- Date Published
- 1965
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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