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Argonauts Of The Western Isles: Sea Kayaking Off Scotland's West Coast
by Robin Lloyd-Jones
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Diadem Books, 1989. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1989. First Edition. 192 pages. Colour photographic dust jacket over green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Colour photographic plates to mid-section. Maps throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as inscriptions and light tanning. Boards have mild edge wear with light rubbing and crushing. Some light marking and tanning.Boards are bowed. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Tanning to spine and edges.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1644227657PRI
- Title
- Argonauts Of The Western Isles: Sea Kayaking Off Scotland's West Coast
- Author
- Robin Lloyd-Jones
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Diadem Books
- Date Published
- 1989
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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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