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London
by REES, BRIAN
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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ELY, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Oxford: Basil Blackwell. Very Good/Good. 1958. First Edition. Hard Cover. 12mo Dust jacket tears and small loss to edges, unclipped. Red cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. Plates. 51 pages clean and tight. This is a short history of London specially written for boys and girls, with unusual illustrations of London relics, which are there for the searching but often overlooked. The book will be of interest to all who visit London and particularly to those schools which plan trips to the city for educational purposes. There is an interesting and unusual list of `Things to do' and an index. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- CHARLES BOSSOM
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 139964
- Title
- London
- Author
- REES, BRIAN
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good/Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Basil Blackwell
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1958
Terms of Sale
CHARLES BOSSOM
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged. Please contact me if you have any problem with your order by e-mail charles.bossom@googlemail.com
About the Seller
CHARLES BOSSOM
Biblio member since 2010
ELY, Cambridgeshire
About CHARLES BOSSOM
Charles Bossom has worked in the Book Trade since 1963, commencing at WH Smith Oxford and retiring in 1999 as Regional Manager Central England. The Charles Bossom bookselling business was started in early 2000. We offer a changing selection of old and out-of-print books in a wide range of subjects. We frequently add new items to our stock so visit us regularly.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
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