Delicate Ground
by Annie Edwardes
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/NA
- Seller
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Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
HARDCOVER - 1883 - RARE - American Ed of "The Ordeal of Wives" published in England 1864. Dark Brown cloth - title, border & decorative panel in black letters on FC - slight fade marks to cloth - spine end bumps - minor rubbing for age - spine in gilt - BC blindstamp Carleton logo. 448 pp. Text block weak - separated from spine binding - but covers NOT cracked - complete and intact. Publisher catalog in back. Only one.
Details
- Bookseller
- plainontablets LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- biblio65
- Title
- Delicate Ground
- Author
- Annie Edwardes
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- NA
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st American Ed
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Carleton & Co
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1883
Terms of Sale
plainontablets LLC
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Blindstamp
- A blindstamp is a stamped impression, usually an image, logo, words, or design on the cover or spine of a book, without color or...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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,...
- 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...
- 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....
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