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Maiden Castle.
by POWYS, John Cowper;
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London. Macdonald 1966. Hardback. 8 x 5.5 ins. In green cloth with gilt lettering to spine, in original illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with good dustwrapper. (DW rubbing to edges, nicks to corners, Not price clipped, in protective sleeve.) Cloth clean. Slight browning & small pen mark on fore edges. Else a clean and tight copy. 496pp. plus adverts A man whose work compares with the line of great visionaries, Blake included, explores the nature of all of us and the world we live in. A sprawling example of this man at his peak
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 94376
- Title
- Maiden Castle.
- Author
- POWYS, John Cowper;
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London. Macdonald 1966
- Keywords
- DORSET TOPOGRAPHY POWYS, Maiden Castle Blake Dorset
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
Glossary
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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....
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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