Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (The Children's Bookshelf)
by Carroll, Lewis, Tenniel, John (illus), Prittie, Edwin John (illus)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
John C. Winston, 1923. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. A Fair copy. Book has shelfwear, severe edgewear, severely bumped corners, rubbing to covers and spine (spine titles illegible), creases to full color illustrative pastedown, soiling to covers and edges of text block, mars to the pastedown, chipping to top and bottom of spine, dampstaining to covers and edges of text block, a tear to the cloth of the spine near the back cover, a split in the front endpapers (netting visible), a tear to the bottom of the title page (about two inches), a split to the rear interior hinge (netting visible), a tight split at page 274, and toning to pages. Interior is clean and unmarked. 8vo. - over 7¾' in - 9¾' in.
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- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 620019
- Title
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (The Children's Bookshelf)
- Author
- Carroll, Lewis, Tenniel, John (illus), Prittie, Edwin John (illus)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John C. Winston
- Date Published
- 1923
- Keywords
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Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Arundel Books of Seattle
Biblio member since 2005
Seattle, Washington
About Arundel Books of Seattle
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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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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