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English Well-used: Prose Passages
by Fox, Adam; Claye, Andrew
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Birmingham, UK: John Baker, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition. xvi, 280pp. In blue cloth boards with gilt titles. 8vo. Boards a little faded at edges, gentle rounded at spine ends. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket a little rubbed at corners and spine ends and sunned over spine. Extracts of English prose which illustrate how substance and style are fused together to complete and bring out the meaning and interest of a particular passage.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020875
- Title
- English Well-used: Prose Passages
- Author
- Fox, Adam; Claye, Andrew
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Baker
- Place of Publication
- Birmingham, UK
- Date Published
- 1968
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- English Prose, Language, Writing
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- Sunned
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- Edges
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Jacket
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- 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....
- Cloth
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- First Edition
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