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JORROCKS JAUNTS AND JOLLITIES
by R.S.SURTEES
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: THE FOLIO SOCIETY, 1949 Red buckram cloth boards with brown blocked title slips and gilt titles, 230 x 150 mm approx.Top edge stained brown, 228 pp Colour frontis and title, main title for this edition + 13 other full page illustrations hand coloured by M Johnson. First Folio Society Printing 1949. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good/ Very Good no slip case if any. (Book - negligible shelf wear or soiling to cloth, offset browning bands to free end papers, no previous owner name or insc. Paper of book block lightly but evenly tanned, no foxing. Dust Jacket - a little rubbing principally to head with two small tears to top front panel - max 15mm barely noticeable in it's proprietary protective sleeve, non price clipped - cover 21s. No significant soiling. No other notable defects to book or jacket).
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- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 131770
- Title
- JORROCKS JAUNTS AND JOLLITIES
- Author
- R.S.SURTEES
- Illustrator
- HENRY ALKEN
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- THE FOLIO SOCIETY
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- Jorrocks Jaunts & Jollities, R S Surtees, Henry Alken Illustrated, Hand Coloured Plates, Folio Society Books,
Terms of Sale
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- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Slip Case
- A protective sleeve, often made of decorative cardboard or leather which houses a book. It is open on one end, so as to allow...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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