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The Slype
by Russell Thorndike
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Jonathan Cape, 1933. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1933. Re-Issued in Florin . 319 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Signed by the author. Grey cloth with black lettering. Ex-library copy, with stamp to front endpaper. Flat singed by the author to front free end paper. Ex-libris plate to front pastedown. Front hinge is cracked with mild cracking to gutters on occasion, however pages and board remain firmly attached. Pages are lightly tanned with occasional thumb-marking. Minor dog-eared corners. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and noticeable rubbing to surfaces. Strong tanning to spine and edges with mild fraying to edges. Boards are slightly bowed. Book has a slight forward lean.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1676970907TMB
- Title
- The Slype
- Author
- Russell Thorndike
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Date Published
- 1933
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Glossary
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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