Ships Of The Royal Navy (British Commonwealth Of Nations)
by Oscar Parkes
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Sampson Low, Marston, 1937. Hardcover. Good. 1937. No Edition Remarks. 219 pages. No dust jacket. Purple cloth boards with black lettering to spine and front. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Crinkling and cracking to pages at gutters. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Front hinge is cracked with netting exposed. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. There is bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Tanning to spine and edges.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1645794873LSA
- Title
- Ships Of The Royal Navy (British Commonwealth Of Nations)
- Author
- Oscar Parkes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Marston
- Date Published
- 1937
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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,...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.