The Cloister and the Hearth: A Tale of the Middle Ages
by Reade, Charles
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good /No Jacket
- Seller
-
Bath, Maine, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus. The cover is 1/2 dark blue leather with marbled boards. The cover edges are worn, lightly scuffed and chipped along the spine edges. There's a bookplate inside of the front cover. The inner hinge is cracked. The pages have a few small spots and slight tanning, but, overall, they're in very good condition. . Good. Hardcover. 1905.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Vintage Quaker/Corner Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003800
- Title
- The Cloister and the Hearth: A Tale of the Middle Ages
- Author
- Reade, Charles
- Illustrator
- Hewerdine, Matt. B.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1905
- Keywords
- LITERATURE; FICTION; NOVEL; MIDDLE AGES;
Terms of Sale
Vintage Quaker/Corner Bookshop
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Vintage Quaker/Corner Bookshop
Biblio member since 2013
Bath, Maine
About Vintage Quaker/Corner Bookshop
We got started selling online as Vintage Quaker Books in 2013 and opened a storefront under the name The Corner Bookshop in 2020. Vintage Quaker Books sells books by, for, and about Quakers (Religious Society of Friends) and a variety of other Christian books. The Corner Bookshop is a general used bookstore located in a cozy basement under/behind the main shopping street of Front Street in Bath, Maine.
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...
- 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....
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...