Portrait Of A River
by Guy Mountfort
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Clevedon, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson Universal Book Club, 1962. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Penelope Gillespie and Eric Hosking. The Wildlife of the Danube, from the Black Sea to Budapest". First edition and printing. In near fine turquoise cloth boards with gilt pelican to front and red title field with gilt titles to spine. The boards are very tight, flat and clean; very slight wear to spine ends. Unmarked navy and white maps on end papers. Clean cut edges. The text block is very firm, straight and clean, near fine condition, with b/w photos by Eric Hosking and line drawings by Penelope Gillespie. No dedications etc. Inside very good pictorial dust jacket featuring pelicans. The jacket is unmarked; edge-worn with chips and very small tears. Not price clipped. With plastic protective cover over the jacket.
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Details
- Seller
- Clevedon Community Bookshop (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 66102
- Title
- Portrait Of A River
- Author
- Guy Mountfort
- Illustrator
- Penelope Gillespie and Eric Hosking
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Hutchinson Universal Book Club
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1962
- Pages
- 207
Terms of Sale
Clevedon Community Bookshop
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About the Seller
Clevedon Community Bookshop
Biblio member since 2012
Clevedon, Somerset
About Clevedon Community Bookshop
Clevedon Community Bookshop, co-operatively owned, opened on 31 December 2011 and now has a general stock of approximately 20,000 books. Our bookshop in Copse Road is open Tuesday to Sunday from 11.00am to 4.00pm. The co-operative comprises just over 600 members from around the world and was set up to stop the only second-hand bookshop in our town from closing. The benefit of being a member/shareholder is only social: no-one benefits financially. All profits are used to improve the bookshop and its stock, and, through events, to contribute to the literacy and literary profile of our town. The Bookshop Manager has fifteen years' experience in second-hand bookselling. Email us if you would like to join our co-operative and thus jointly own our bookshop with us.
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- Edges
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- Text Block
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- Spine
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- Tight
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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