Thames and Hudson, 1960. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1960. No Edition Remarks. 63 pages. With 136 black and white photographic plates by Edwin Smith. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are bright and clear with light tanning to free endpapers and text block edges. Former owner's stamp to front paste-down, with a few small nicks and rub marks along text block edge. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Slight creasing to front free endpaper, with a liquid drops through rear pages. Boards have light shelf-wear with minor corner bumping and slight crushing to spine ends. Book has a subtle forward lean. Unclipped jacket has light surface wear, with chips, small tears and creasing to edges, corners and spine ends.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1693303460DPB
Title: English Abbeys And Priories
Author: Olive Cook
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Thames and Hudson
Date Published: 1960

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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....
Paste-down: The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
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...
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...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...