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The Book of Lost Tales - Part One - Volume 1: The History of Middle-Earth
by Tolkien, J.R.R
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0395354390
- ISBN 13
- 9780395354391
- Seller
-
Albany, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. Full number line 10-1. An ex-library copy In black cloth with gilt to spine. Ding to bottom front corner and rubbing through at bottom rear corner. Some spots of fading to board ends and some stamps to top and bottom page ends with small stains to former and top corner of text block. Sticker and bookplate to ffep, date to copyright page and pocket to rfep. Jacket is unclipped ($15.95) with some fading and sticker shadow/residue to spine and rippling due to shrinkage of old jacket protector.
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Details
- Seller
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- LPB007861JT
- Title
- The Book of Lost Tales - Part One - Volume 1: The History of Middle-Earth
- Author
- Tolkien, J.R.R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First US Edition/First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0395354390
- ISBN 13
- 9780395354391
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1984
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fantasy; Tolkien;
Terms of Sale
Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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About the Seller
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Albany, California
About Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- RFEP
- The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book from the rear. It may be...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- 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....
- 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....
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