Ebury Press, 2004. Hardcover. Acceptable/Good. 2004. First Published. 323 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth with gilt lettering. Colour photographic plates. Flatsigned by author to title page. Moderate tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Light cracking to gutters and hinges but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Some minor tanning, creasing and scuffing overall.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1686818720TMB
Title: A Lifetime in a Race
Author: Pinsent, Matthew
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable/Good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Ebury Press
Date Published: 2004

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Flatsigned: A flatsigned book is signed, and not inscribed, directly on a page of the book, rather than on a bookplate or with an...
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....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.