Alarms and discursions
by Chesterton, G. K
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A legitimately deaccessioned ex-library copy. Good only. Call letters to spine, usual ex-lib markings; edges, mild fraying to sp
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead and company, 1911. First American edition. Hardcover. A legitimately deaccessioned ex-library copy. Good only. Call letters to spine, usual ex-lib markings; edges, mild fraying to spine head and foot, and extremly faint rubbing to corners; sans DJ. Front hinge partly cracked though intact. Decent reading copy. Some stickty adhesive residue to spine foot.. Octavo in a red cloth; iii, 301p, 20 cm. Essays--Fiction--England.
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Details
- Seller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 30018
- Title
- Alarms and discursions
- Author
- Chesterton, G. K
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - A legitimately deaccessioned ex-library copy. Good only. Call letters to spine, usual ex-lib markings; edges, mild fraying to sp
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead and company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1911
- Bookseller catalogs
- England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Great Britain;
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About the Seller
Bibliope by Calvello Books
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Oakland, California
About Bibliope by Calvello Books
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...