Catriona
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- g- to g
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Cassell and Company, 1893. First edition. Hardcover. g- to g. Octavo. (ix) (1) 371pp. + 16 pages of publisher's ads at the back. Dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Decorative floral endpapers. Some pages of the publisher's advertisements are unopened. This is a first edition of Stevenson's adventure novel which serves as a sequel to "Kidnapped". The book is also known as "David Balfour". Binding with some some light bumping and rubbing to extremities. Spine slightly cocked. Interior with some light sporadic foxing throughout. Starting at the front free endpapers, pages 128 and 144. Binding in good-, interior in good condition overall. Binding protected by modern mylar.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42782
- Title
- Catriona
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g- to g
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Cassell and Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1893
- Keywords
- Scottish literature, British literature, 19th century literature, Adventure literature, adventure novel, Scottish writers, Scottish authors,
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
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