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Oxford
by Andrew Lang
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Gunnislake, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Seeley, Service, 1914. Book. Illus. by George F Carline. Fair. Hardcover. Limited Edition. Limited edition on handmade paper, this is 173 of 355. Deckle-edged pages a little tanned, internally a good copy, binding very sound and tight; sixteen tissue-guarded tipped-in colour illustrations; cover has some shelfwear and rubbing, some marking to front cover, backstrip sunned and paper title label rather browned and rubbed, there is a replacement , somewhat foxed, label in the back of the book which is in better condition. No dustwrapper. Heavy item, may require extra shipping charge outside UK..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nigel Smith Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16061508-111
- Title
- Oxford
- Author
- Andrew Lang
- Illustrator
- George F Carline
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Seeley, Service
- Date Published
- 1914
- Keywords
- oxfordshire, oxford
Terms of Sale
Nigel Smith Books
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About the Seller
Nigel Smith Books
Biblio member since 2005
Gunnislake, Cornwall
About Nigel Smith Books
Internet mail order business only. I carry a general stock of books, especially Devon and Cornwall, some of which is not yet online.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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