The Lacquer Screen
by Robert H. Van Gulik
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
William Heinemann Ltd, 1964. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1964. First Edition Thus. 181 pages. Dust jacket over purple cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Bright and clean pages with light tanning throughout. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild tanning to spine and board edges. Mild crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Mild foxing. Ring mark to front panel. Moderate tanning to spine. Notable rubbing and marking all over.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1704288343DPB
- Title
- The Lacquer Screen
- Author
- Robert H. Van Gulik
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Heinemann Ltd
- Date Published
- 1964
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...