The First Colonists
by A L Rowse
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Folio Society, 1987. Hardcover. Good. 1987. second impression. 142 pages. No dust jacket, Folio edition with slipcase. Brown cloth with blue lettering and blue slipcase. Contains black and white & coloured photographs. Binding remains firm.Pages & photos remain bright with minimal tanning. Ex Libris plate to front pastedown. Boards have light edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and spine is presentable. Slipcase has moderate edge-wear with markings to panels and scuffing to edges. Notable foxing to both panels.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1669623902LSA
- Title
- The First Colonists
- Author
- A L Rowse
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Folio Society
- Date Published
- 1987
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...