The Island of Sheep
by John Buchan
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
-
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd, 1951 Book. Good. Red Cloth Boards. Reprint. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Novel by the Sottish author John Buchan, first published in 1936. 343pp. Gilt lettering to spine and decorated initials to top board. Top edges tinted. Slight forward lean to spine, minor rubbing to spine and corners, wrinkling to cloth on lower board and former owner's name to endpapers and title page, otherwise good copy. Unclipped DJ has some edgewear, darkened spine and internal repair, otherwise fair..
Synopsis
The Island of Sheep (1936) is a novel by John Buchan. It is part of the series featuring Richard Hannay and Sandy Arbuthnot.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Washburn Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016025
- Title
- The Island of Sheep
- Author
- John Buchan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1951
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- Collectable Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
Biblio member since 2010
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
Washburn Books is a small family business, based in Yorkshire. We offer a wide variety of hard-to-find and out-of-print books in our virtual store, as well as an offline search service. We take pride in our fast delivery of well packaged books.
Glossary
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- 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....