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Gadgets
by Vaux, Patrick
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: Hodder and Stroughton, 1917. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 226pp. Dark blue cloth-covered boards, black border on front, black titles on front and spine. 12mo. Some soiling on boards, rear board mottled. Spine mottled and faded, ends heavily rubbed with some <1cm splits in cloth. Corners heavily rubbed and rounded with cloth wearing through. Text block edges tanned, bottom edge foxing, top edge dusty. Volume quite loose. Ink stamp and blind-embossed stamp on front free endpaper, water stain around top of rear hinge. Previous owner's name in pen on first blank page. Front hinge cracked, gutters stretched in places. Light foxing throughout.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018013
- Title
- Gadgets
- Author
- Vaux, Patrick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stroughton
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1917
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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,...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
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