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The Cloister and The Hearth
by Reade, Charles
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Medford, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1907. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 6 1/4" tall deep burgundy leather-look book with gold print on spine and gold medallion on front. Fraying to edges and corners of boards. Spine area has been taped with clear tape. Minor scuffing/shelf wear to boards. Page edges are gold gilt. Pencil price on ffep. Pages tight but book will lay open. Pages clean/unmarked. 776 pages. "Fine-paper edition with 32 illustrations by Matt. B. Hewerdine." The interior of this book is in FINE condition. "A Tale of the Middle Ages." With frontispiece illustration. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
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Details
- Bookseller
- Village Books and Music
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1409008
- Title
- The Cloister and The Hearth
- Author
- Reade, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1907
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction--Historical;
Terms of Sale
Village Books and Music
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About the Seller
Village Books and Music
Biblio member since 2006
Medford, Oregon
About Village Books and Music
Independent bookstore in Southern Oregon selling used books of all ages. Over 60,000 in stock; only a fraction listed online. Large selection of Oregon history, signed First editions, collectible children's books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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