A Law unto Themselves: Twelve Portraits
by C. Northcote Parkinson
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1966. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1966. Second Printing. 232 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages are mostly clean overall, with moderate tanning throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Plates are bright and clear, with some light tanning and foxing to edges. Boards have slight edge wear with corner bumping. Minor crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket. Panels have moderate edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Visible tanning to spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1624520767TMB
- Title
- A Law unto Themselves: Twelve Portraits
- Author
- C. Northcote Parkinson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston
- Date Published
- 1966
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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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....
- 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...