THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAU. The Sleeper Awakes. (Volume 2 of The Works of H.G. Wells (The Atlantic Edition))
by Wells, H.G
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket - Issued
- Seller
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1924. 480pp. LIMITED EDITION. Vol 2 only. Number 489 of 620 sets for Great Britain and Ireland. Original plum buckram gilt over bevelled boards. Top edges gilt, with tissue-guarded photogravure frontispiece. Nice clean copy.. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.
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- Bookseller
- DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010501
- Title
- THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAU. The Sleeper Awakes. (Volume 2 of The Works of H.G. Wells (The Atlantic Edition))
- Author
- Wells, H.G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket - Issued
- Publisher
- T. Fisher Unwin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- H.G. Wells, The Atlantic Edition,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
- Size
- 8vo
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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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...