- Seller Inventory #: 00349EW
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Near Fine
- Jacket condition: VG
- Edition: Second Impression
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Oxford Univ. Press
- Date published: 1964
- Keywords: Britain, Wales, Great Britain, British Guide Books
Oxford Univ. Press, 1964 owner's name on ffep, else immaculate and tight; jacket has ligfht shelf wear.. Second Impression. Cloth. Near Fine/VG. Octavo. Hard Cover.
jacket : Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book
octavo : A book whose page size is approximately 12 inches by 9 inches. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been cut into eight pages.
ffep : Front free endpaper. Generally, the first page of a book.
Fine/VG : A Fine condition book with a Very Good condition dust jacket.
Fine approaches the condition of As New, but without being crisp. For the use of the term Fine there must also be no defects, etc., and if the jacket has a small tear, or other defect, or looks worn, those should be noted.
Very Good can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or paper. Any defects must be noted.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
shelf wear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
