Pacific Islands Year Book
by R. W. Robson (Compiler and Ed.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Pacific Publications Pty., 1959. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1959. Eighth Edition. 479 pages. Green dust jacket over green cloth. Contains fold out maps throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Fold out maps are moderately tanned with visible creasing. Light creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Notable sunning to spine and edges. Scratches to boards. Textblock is shaky. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Notable rubbing to surfaces. Water staining to spine and panels. Thumb-marking present.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1638879303MHP
- Title
- Pacific Islands Year Book
- Author
- R. W. Robson (Compiler and Ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Pacific Publications Pty.
- Date Published
- 1959
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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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.