The Stranger Prince: The Story of Rupert of the Rhine
by Margaret Irwin
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chatto & Windus, 1962. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1962. Reprinted. 592 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Binding remains firm. Water staining to top edge of rear pages with text unaffected. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Sunning to spine ends and edges. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Some water staining to jacket and heavy foxing to reverse.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1703773557LEE
- Title
- The Stranger Prince: The Story of Rupert of the Rhine
- Author
- Margaret Irwin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Date Published
- 1962
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...