Talking to India
by E. M. Forster et al; Orwell (ed.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1943. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1943. First Edition. 176 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth with white spine lettering. Various contributors including Forster, Caldwell, Orwell. Introduction and edited by George Orwell. Contains 3 double-sided photographic plates. Clean pages with moderate tanning throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's name in pen to front pastedown; pencil price to rear pastedown. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and light marking to boards. Mild tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Books has a slight backward lean. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Mild water staining to spine. Heavy tanning to spine. Notable rubbing and marking all over. Dog-eared front flap.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1709902103CAB
- Title
- Talking to India
- Author
- E. M. Forster et al; Orwell (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Allen & Unwin Ltd
- Date Published
- 1943
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...