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A Golden Adventure: The First 50 Years of Ultramar
by Paul Atterbury; Julia MacKenzie;
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper a little rubbed at the edges, more heavily so at the spine ends and cor
- ISBN 10
- 0903696355
- ISBN 13
- 9780903696357
- Seller
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Peasedown St. John, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hurtwood Press, 1985. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper a little rubbed at the edges, more heavily so at the spine ends and corners, and slightly tanned. Boards slightly faded at the top edges. Edges of the text block lightly tanned. Text complete, clean and tight.. First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (blue boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 11” x 8” (1.4 kg); 287pp; Index; Edited by R. S. Atterbury; Maps to the endpapers. Illustrated with photographs, in colour & black and white. ISBN: 0903696355 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #167493|| Condition:
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- Bookseller
- BookLovers of Bath
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 167493
- Title
- A Golden Adventure: The First 50 Years of Ultramar
- Author
- Paul Atterbury; Julia MacKenzie;
- Format/Binding
- Hardback in Dust Wrapper.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper a little rubbed at the edges, more heavily so at the spine ends and cor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0903696355
- ISBN 13
- 9780903696357
- Publisher
- Hurtwood Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- britain business enterprises firm great history industries industry international oil petroleum plc studies trade ultramar 0903696355 9780903696357 and exploration company limited companies histories production gas paul atterbury julia mackenzie
Terms of Sale
BookLovers of Bath
As a distance seller based in England, I am required to abide by the terms of the "Distance Selling Act", details of which are freely available. This ensures that you have the highest degree of protection when purchasing from me. Alongside that, I prefer to treat my customers in the manner that I expect to be treated; my guarantee is complete satisfaction or your money back - I aim to please, not just for the one book sale but to ensure that should you require another book, another time that my name against it means it gets your consideration.
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BookLovers of Bath
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Peasedown St. John, Somerset
About BookLovers of Bath
BookLovers of Bath is set in the pastoral idyll of Peasedown St. John in Somerset (God's Own Country) in the south west of England. My wife and I owned the village Post Office until the modern world caught up with us in 2014. At that point I converted the premises to a small book shop, Fact or Fable, with a stock of around 4,000 titles in stock. I've been selling books worldwide since 1997 and rather hope to get the hang of it shortly…
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- 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
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- 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....
- 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...
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