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The Glass Mender, And Other Stories
by Maurice Baring
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
James Nisbet & Co. Ltd., 1910. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1910. No Edition Remarks. 260 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Contains colour illustrated plates. Deckled text block edges. Gilt upper text block edge. Pages are lightly tanned with moderate foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Former owner's inscription to front free endpaper, with a few small nicks and creases along text block edge. Moderate cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Former owner's stamp on half title page, with occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Plates are bright and clear, with slight tanning and foxing to edges. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with mild bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Book has a pronounced forward lean and slight bow. Heavy tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Liquid drops on front board.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1692263407ADA
- Title
- The Glass Mender, And Other Stories
- Author
- Maurice Baring
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- James Nisbet & Co. Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1910
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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....
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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...
- 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....
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