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Rolls-Royce The Living Legend as Reflected by Half a Century of Contemporary British and American Sales and Institutional Literature
by POST, Dan R. (editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Arcadia, California: Post Motor Books, 1958. First Thus. Hardcover. Good+. 8vo. Pp. 384. Frontis. black & white photos. Illustrated with black & white photo reproductions, drawings, diagrams and document facsimiles. Grain-textured dark red paper covered boards, titles (including "The Tale of a Grandeur Reflected from Ageless Technical Excellence") and Spirit of Ecstasy illustration stamped in gilt on the cover, titles on the spine. With index. Front endpaper inscribed in ink to Paul Folwell by L. J. Fischer [?] dated March, 1960. Spine ends chipped, with a snag to head of spine, edges rubbed, else crisp and bright. Revised and enlarged single-volume edition of the The American Rolls of 1951 and The British Rolls of 1953.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6970
- Title
- Rolls-Royce The Living Legend as Reflected by Half a Century of Contemporary British and American Sales and Institutional Literature
- Author
- POST, Dan R. (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Post Motor Books
- Place of Publication
- Arcadia, California
- Date Published
- 1958
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About the Seller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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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....
- 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...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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