"I Believe" and Other Essays
by Guy Thorne
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
F.V. White & Co. Ltd., 1907. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1907. No Edition Remarks. 311 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Signed by author with dedication to front free endpaper. Loose illustrations included to front of textblock; unknown if they are author's. Pages are mildly tanned and foxed, but text remains clear. Binding is firm. Boards have moderate shelf-wear, with noticeable corner bumping and some scuffing to edges. Spine and edges are heavily sunned, with mild crushing to ends. Heavy rubbing and scuffing overall, with some noticeable marking also. Book has a noticeable forward lean.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1672303907MHP
- Title
- "I Believe" and Other Essays
- Author
- Guy Thorne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- F.V. White & Co. Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1907
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Glossary
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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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.