Trumpets Over the Sea
by J. B. Priestley
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Heinemann, 1968. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1968. First Edition. 159 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white photographic plates. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Dedication to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering remains bright and clear. Some additional marks and staining to surfaces. Clipped jacket has heavy wear with tears, chipping and creasing. All surfaces heavily tanned, particularly spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1696435540ABS
- Title
- Trumpets Over the Sea
- Author
- J. B. Priestley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Date Published
- 1968
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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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....