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THE SPANISH TEMPER
by V S PRITCHETT
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON : CHATTO & WINDUS, 1954 Orange cloth boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 205 x 140 mm approx. 220 pp. Line Map + 9 b/w photo illustrations on 8 plates as called for. First Edition 1954. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good/ no dust jacket (Book- Fading to spine and gilt titles rubbed and dulled. Offset browning to half title and rear free end paper, no previous owner name or insc. Light foxing to edges of book block.Fore edge of middle pages to signature H a little soiled and foxed as not sewn in course of book production and had become proud- now tipped in with p.v.a. to prevent recurrence. No other notable defects). A Sound reading copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 132091
- Title
- THE SPANISH TEMPER
- Author
- V S PRITCHETT
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- CHATTO & WINDUS
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- The Spanish Temper, V S Pritchett, Travel Books, Spain in the 1950's
Terms of Sale
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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