Gino Watkins
by J. M. Scott:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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theberton suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1935 VG First Edition. Blue cloth boards with gilt titling and decoration. Spine and edges are a little grubby and worn. Top edge of the text-block is gilt, while the other two edges show significant spotting. Plate inserted by prior owner. Octavo 317pp with a few photographic plates. Life of Gino Watkins, the famous arctic explorer.
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Details
- Bookseller
- lobstabooks
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54115
- Title
- Gino Watkins
- Author
- J. M. Scott:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1935
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Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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