Casanova's Escape From the Leads
by Arthur Machen
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Casanova Society, 1925. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1925. No Edition Remarks. 175 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Striped paper covered boards with black cloth to spine. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Shaky binding due to cracked hinges, but all pages remain attached. Pages are mildly tanned and foxed, but text remains clear. Black and white illustrated frontispiece is brighter. Boards have heavy shelf-wear, with visible corner bumping and noticeable scuffing to edges. Mild creasing to paper. Moderate crushing and slight splitting to spine ends.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1669663002BRC
- Title
- Casanova's Escape From the Leads
- Author
- Arthur Machen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Casanova Society
- Date Published
- 1925
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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,...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....