THE ABSOLUTE AT LARGE
by Capek, Karel
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Naas, Kildare, Ireland
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Macmillan & Co ltd, 1927. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Printing. Octavo, pp. 293. Original yellow boards, title in dark blue to spine and front panel. In original jacket which is price clipped, repriced to spine. Light chipping with loss to the crown of the spine and small tear to the jacket at the base of the spine. Tight binding. off setting to end pages, name and address in pencil to front end page. Far more uncommon than the American edition and especially in jacket..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Kelleher Rare Books (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016688
- Title
- THE ABSOLUTE AT LARGE
- Author
- Capek, Karel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co ltd
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- THE ABSOLUTE AT LARGE,FIRST EDITION,Capek, Karel
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Kelleher Rare Books
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Naas, Kildare
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Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...