World from Rough Stones
by Malcolm Macdonald
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hodder and Stoughton, 1974. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1974. First Edition. 567 pages. Signed by the author. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth. Authors signature to title page. Mild tanning to pages with pencil inscriptions to half title and title page. Mild tanning to text block edges and front hinge is cracked with exposed netting. Binding is loose. Boards have minor rubbing and light bumping to corners. Soft crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket with visible edge wear and creasing. There is visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends and mild foxing to interior.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1640261993IEV
- Title
- World from Rough Stones
- Author
- Malcolm Macdonald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Date Published
- 1974
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Glossary
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- 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.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition 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....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....