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Roumanian Journey
by Sacheverell Sitwell:
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Foster, Rhode Island, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: B T Batsford, 1938, 1938. First American Edition. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Charles Scribners Sons; New York, 1938. Hardcover. First US Edition. A Good, blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine, binding intact, sunned spine and board margins, fraying to spine edges with some loss to bottom spine edge, spine buckram separating from backing material, small abrasions to board corners, discoloration and foxing to pastedowns/endpapers, age toning and scattered foxing to pages, rubbing along board edges, scattered foxing to text block edges, rubbed joints, without Dust wrapper. A good, overall clean and unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches]. 120pp., indexed, b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. Please Note: Depending on site, actual book for sale may differ physically from picture listed. Additional scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lavendier Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU1040943
- Title
- Roumanian Journey
- Author
- Sacheverell Sitwell:
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- London: B T Batsford, 1938
- Date Published
- 1938
- Size
- 0x0x0
- Weight
- 1.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Lavendier Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Lavendier Books
Biblio member since 2008
Foster, Rhode Island
About Lavendier Books
Selling quailty books for over 20 years.
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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