HAUNTS OF ANCIENT PEACE
by AUSTIN, ALFRED:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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DUNEDIN, Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
MacMillan & Co London 1902. first edition, blue cloth with gilt to spine & front, 169pp illus, G(corners v sl bruised, front board soiled, sl sunned spine & sl edgewear, biographical writing to front pastedown & ffep of author, moderate foxing to ep's & fore edges, underlining & annotations throughout text) lacks d/w
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- Bookseller
- Hard To Find Books (NZ)
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- 28627
- Title
- HAUNTS OF ANCIENT PEACE
- Author
- AUSTIN, ALFRED:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- MacMillan & Co London 1902
- Keywords
- modern first edition
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- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...