History of the Royal Hongkong Golf Club
by Waters, T. F. R
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good(+), sunned spine and top of front board, small light stain inside edge pages. Endpapers fainty foxed.
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Hongkong: South China Morning Post, 1960. hardcover. Very good(+), sunned spine and top of front board, small light stain inside edge pages. Endpapers fainty foxed.. Octavo, gold (sunned) spine, blue cloth, gilt lettering; 101 pages illustrations (chielfy b&w photos); 20 cm. Scarce.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87477
- Title
- History of the Royal Hongkong Golf Club
- Author
- Waters, T. F. R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good(+), sunned spine and top of front board, small light stain inside edge pages. Endpapers fainty foxed.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- South China Morning Post
- Place of Publication
- Hongkong
- Date Published
- 1960
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports and Recreation;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bibliope by Calvello Books
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Oakland, California
About Bibliope by Calvello Books
Over thirty-five years experience in the used, out-of-print and rare book trades. Selling online since 1997. WWW.BIBLIOPE.COM (formerly Calvello Books)
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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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...