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Famous Diamonds
by Ian Balfour
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0004122461
- ISBN 13
- 9780004122465
- Seller
-
Buxton, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Collins, 1987. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Tight Firm Clean Copy - First Edition - No Signatures, Inscriptions Or Notations Discovered. Illustrated. Black Cloth Hard Cover With Silver Gilt Titled Spine - Minor Indents To Front And Faint Edge Wear. Unclipped Jacket Which In The Past Has Had Edges Protected By Previous Owner With Sellotape - Otherwise Faint Wear. A Heavy Book Additional Postage Will Be Requested For Overseas Delivery..
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Details
- Bookseller
- M and P Books PBFA member
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008852
- Title
- Famous Diamonds
- Author
- Ian Balfour
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0004122461
- ISBN 13
- 9780004122465
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1987
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Jewellery Diamonds
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About the Seller
M and P Books PBFA member
Biblio member since 2010
Buxton, Derbyshire
About M and P Books PBFA member
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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....
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