The Man Who Bought London
by WALLACE, Edgar
- Used
- good
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London and Melbourne: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1950. Good. Reprint n.d. [c.1950, as Ward, Lock & Co. moved premises to 6 Chancery Lane (listed on the back wrapper) in 1946]. 16mo, pp. 256. Green and white paper wrappers, red lettering. Creased, sunned and rubbed, spine cocked, nicking to spine ends. Tanned edges. POI to half-title, occasional foxing, else, clean and tidy. Scarce. Ward Lock's Popular Novels, no. 68.
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- Bookseller
- Quair Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1301
- Title
- The Man Who Bought London
- Author
- WALLACE, Edgar
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Ward, Lock & Co., Limited
- Place of Publication
- London and Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1950
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- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...