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The Isle of Foula. A series of articles on Britain's loneliest inhabited isles
de Ian B Stoughton Holbourn, [edited with memoir by] M C Stoughton Holbourn
- Usado
- good
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Good/No Jacket
- Librería
-
Birsay, Orkney, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
Lerwick: Johnson & Greig, 1938 A good copy of the 1st edition with photographic frontispiece and 13 f and urther photographic plates. In the original red cloth binding with gilt titles to spine. The binding has a cocked spine which is faded and pulled. The front board has gilt titles and is bright and clean. Back board with some lighter spotting, bumped corners and a light corner crease. Internally there is a signature to the front pastedown which has offset slightly to the free endpaper. Contents with half title, frontispiece, title, contents and foreward pp viii; text pp 1-256 with appendix and 13 plates. Contents in very good clean condition with the occasional light spot.
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Detalles
- Librería
- E C Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 032678
- Título
- The Isle of Foula. A series of articles on Britain's loneliest inhabited isles
- Autor
- Ian B Stoughton Holbourn, [edited with memoir by] M C Stoughton Holbourn
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Editorial
- Johnson & Greig
- Lugar de publicación
- Lerwick
- Fecha de publicación
- 1938
- Palabras clave
- foula; shetland islands; the isle of foula
- Catálogos del vendedor
- HISTORY; TRAVEL & TOPOGRAPHY;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
E C Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2011
Birsay, Orkney
Sobre E C Books
E C Books is a small online bookselling business, specialising in pre 20th century works:natural history, science, history, and travel, aiming for rarer and more unusual books. Our largest stock area is Natural History, where we have a good range of books from the 1700-1800's, many finely illustrated. Other areas include children's books, particularly late 1800's-early 1900's - again illustrated; and literature pre 1900.When you order books from us we ensure that they are properly packed to protect condition, and we always use recorded or 'signed for' postal services for more secure delivery. Please note that we have recently moved to the beautiful Orkney Islands, where we intend to open a bookshop over the next year. Because of our location we cannot guarantee 'next day' delivery but we will get your purchase to you as quickly and safely as we can.Please note that the buyer is responsible for the payment of any tax or duty on import.
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
