Journey Down A Rainbow [Double Signed]
by J. B. Priestley & Jacquetta Hawkes
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Harper & Brothers, 1955. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1955. No Edition Stated. 288 pages. Signed by the author. Beige pictorial dust jacket over blue quarter bound boards with a black cloth spine. Title page flat signed by both Priestley and Hawkes. Deckled edged text block. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with creased corners and notable foxing. Binding has remained firm. Foxing more noticeable towards the start and end of the book and on text block edges. Boards have been moderately rub worn. Noticeable shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and a little frayed. Spine ends are crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are very warped, with a noticeable forward lean. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Jacket is moderately thumbed. Water marks to foot of jacket spine. Tape and tape marks to upper edge of front panel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1710499241ADA
- Title
- Journey Down A Rainbow [Double Signed]
- Author
- J. B. Priestley & Jacquetta Hawkes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Date Published
- 1955
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....