When I Was a Boy
by Hamilton, General Sir Ian
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1939. Hardcover. pp. 316. 8vo. Bound in green cloth with gilt and red lettering and decoration to spine. Black and white photographs, black and white photographic frontispiece. Boards are age toned, edgeworn and rubbed, spine is shaken, slanted and cocked, edges age toned. Front hinge is cracked to expose mull. Pastedowns and endpapers show foxing. Two owner's names in pencil and ink to ffep; good.
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- Bookseller
- BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 068804
- Title
- When I Was a Boy
- Author
- Hamilton, General Sir Ian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1939
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...
- 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....
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