My Life and Times
by Nimrod (Charles James Apperley)
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
William Blackwood & Sons Ltd., 1927. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1927. No Edition Remarks. 341 pages. No dust jacket. Edited by E. D. Cuming. Red cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Gilt top text block edge. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing to endpapers and text block edges. moderate cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper and paste-down, with a few small nicks and ink drops along text block edge. Minor dog-eared corners. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Plates are bright and clear, with slight tanning to edges. Boards have light shelf-wear with notable corner bumping and mild crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Water drops on spine and rear board.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1690548256DPB
- Title
- My Life and Times
- Author
- Nimrod (Charles James Apperley)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Blackwood & Sons Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1927
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...