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The Story of Venice
by Thomas Okey
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd., 1931. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1931. Revised Edition. 450 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations and folded map. Hinges are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Ownership plate stuck to front pastedown. Top textblock edge dyed grey. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Minor sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1673878151ADA
- Title
- The Story of Venice
- Author
- Thomas Okey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1931
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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