Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1965. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1965. First Published. 254 pages. Illustrative jacket over grey cloth. Book has a slight smoky odour overall. Ex-libris plate stuck to front pastedown. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Light crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. Brown marks to edges. Textblock is shaky. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Some tanning to spine. Light rubbing to surfaces.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1655797167MEP
Title: The Egyptologists
Author: Kingsley Amis
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd
Date Published: 1965

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Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Gutter: The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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....
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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...