The Complete Short Stories of W. Somerset Maugham, Vol. II
by W. Somerset Maugham
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
William Heinemann Ltd, 1953. Hardcover. Good. 1953. Reprinted. 1048 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Dedication to front free endpaper. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces heavily tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is heavily dulled but remains brighter on front. Book has strong forward lean.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1702378158LEE
- Title
- The Complete Short Stories of W. Somerset Maugham, Vol. II
- Author
- W. Somerset Maugham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Heinemann Ltd
- Date Published
- 1953
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Glossary
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...