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Florence Nightingale 1820-1910
by Cecil Woodham Smith
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Constable and Company, 1950. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1950. Reprint. 615 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages are mildly tanned with visible foxing. Moderate cracking to gutter by title page. Notable water staining to title page. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Notable tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has forward lean.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1696593444LEE
- Title
- Florence Nightingale 1820-1910
- Author
- Cecil Woodham Smith
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Constable and Company
- Date Published
- 1950
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
World of Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
About World of Rare Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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