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Wrack at Tidesend: A Book Of Balnearics: Being The Second Volume Of "England Reclaimed"
by Osbert Sitwell
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Macmillan, 1952. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1952. No Edition Remarks. 94 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over orange cloth with gilt lettering. Light thumb marking and tanning to pages, pastedowns and free endpapers. More prominent to text block edges. Light cracking and creasing to gutters but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has minor sunning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1701885206CRD
- Title
- Wrack at Tidesend: A Book Of Balnearics: Being The Second Volume Of "England Reclaimed"
- Author
- Osbert Sitwell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Date Published
- 1952
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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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...
- Rubbing
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- 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...
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