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The Kennel Club Calendar & Stud Book for the Year 1953 Vol. LXXXI
by No Author
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Kennel Club, 1954. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1954. No Edition Remarks. 984 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Vol. LXXXI. Moderate crinkling to paper at gutter. Bright and tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Pencil markings to front free endpaper and pastedown. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Visible wear marks to boards.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1633342317MHP
- Title
- The Kennel Club Calendar & Stud Book for the Year 1953 Vol. LXXXI
- Author
- No Author
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Kennel Club
- Date Published
- 1954
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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.
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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...
- 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....
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