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Lessons from the 'Varsity of Life
by Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
C. Arthur Pearson Ltd, 1933. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1933. No Edition Stated. 320 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. B&W illustrations throughout.Mild brown staining to pages on occasion. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Some gutter cracking. Large crack across front paste down. Moderate wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and marking to boards. Heavy sunning to spine and board edges.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1703091932DPB
- Title
- Lessons from the 'Varsity of Life
- Author
- Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- C. Arthur Pearson Ltd
- Date Published
- 1933
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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.
- 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...
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