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LORD OF THE ISLE: THE EXTRAVAGANT LIFE AND TIMES OF COLIN TENNANT.
by COURTNEY, Nicholas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in fine dust jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 190307164X
- ISBN 13
- 9781903071649
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London,, 2012. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Large 8vo. pp viii, 264. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Illustrated in colour and b/w throughout. With the small attractive bookplate, showing a bookish owl, of �Oz� publisher, later media tycoon, Felix Dennis (1947-2014). He was also a distinguished poet, philanthropist, book collector and lover of trees (the Forest of Dennis.) Felix Dennis's hand-written notes on the front endpaper; he is mentioned in the book as a Mustique resident. ISBN: 190307164X
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- Bookseller
- Any Amount of Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- C46216
- Title
- LORD OF THE ISLE: THE EXTRAVAGANT LIFE AND TIMES OF COLIN TENNANT.
- Author
- COURTNEY, Nicholas
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in fine dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 190307164X
- ISBN 13
- 9781903071649
- Publisher
- Bene Factum Publishing
- Place of Publication
- London,
- Date Published
- 2012
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fine
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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....
- 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...