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On the Track of Unknown Animals
de Bernard Heuvelmans
- Usado
- Bien
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Bien
- Librería
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
Rupert Hart-Davis, 1958. Hardcover. Good. 1958. No Edition Remarks. 558 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Plates are bright and clear. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Sunning to spine. Gilt lettering is darkened. Spine cloth is creased.
Sinopsis
On the Track of Unknown Animals is a cryptozoological book by French author Bernard Heuvelmans that was first published in 1955 under the title Sur la Piste des Bêtes Ignorées. The English translation by Richard Garnett was published in 1958 with some updating by the author and with a foreword by Gerald Durrell. A revised and abridged edition was published in 1965, and a further edition in 1995.
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Detalles
- Librería
- World of Rare Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 1706699952ABS
- Título
- On the Track of Unknown Animals
- Autor
- Bernard Heuvelmans
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bien
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- Rupert Hart-Davis
- Fecha de publicación
- 1958
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....
- 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,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
