THE SHIP THAT SAILED TO MARS. A Fantasy.
by Told and pictured by TIMLIN, William M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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YORK, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: George G. Harrap & Company Limited, 1923. . First edition, 4to., 48 mounted pages of calligraphic text, 48 mounted colour plates, publisher’s vellum-backed boards, spine elaborately decorated in gilt; foxing to title and dedication pages, and, lightly, to first text leaf, foxing and toning to endpapers, occasional foxing within, particularly at inner margins, very slight rubbing and minor darkening to head and tail of spine, paper worn at corners of boards, but spine quite bright with clear gilt decoration, overall about very good, in a rather worn and heavily repaired dust-jacket with archival tape to reverse, which has creasing, closed tears and minor loss to extremities, as well as some marking to the paper (splash-marking to front of jacket), but largely complete and now in protective cover. (Please see photographs).
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Details
- Bookseller
- MINSTER GATE BOOKSHOP (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32232
- Title
- THE SHIP THAT SAILED TO MARS. A Fantasy.
- Author
- Told and pictured by TIMLIN, William M
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: George G. Harrap & Company Limited, 1923.
Terms of Sale
MINSTER GATE BOOKSHOP
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About the Seller
MINSTER GATE BOOKSHOP
Biblio member since 2019
YORK, North Yorkshire
About MINSTER GATE BOOKSHOP
Our extensive stock of antiquarian and second-hand books is housed over five floors of a Georgian town house and covers most subject areas. We are situated opposite York Minster and open 7 days. We have particularly strong holdings of Children's and Illustrated books, English Literature and History.
Glossary
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...