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Island Nights' Entertainments
by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Foster, Rhode Island, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Cassell & Company, 1893. First British Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Cassell & Company Limited; London, 1893. Hardcover. First UK Edition. A Very Good, green binding with gilt lettering and gilt illustration on front board, gilt lettering on spine, binding intact, some handling/scuffing to boards, bit of sunning to spine, age toning to pages, bumped board corners, rubbing along board edges, small bookstore sticker bottom front pastedown, starting and partially cracked hinges, sticker discoloration front free endpaper, corrected price facing half title page, mild spine lean, small rub mark bottom text block corner, top text block edge a bit dusty, without Dust wrapper. A nice and overall clean copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches]. 277pp., b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lavendier Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 111111113004
- Title
- Island Nights' Entertainments
- Author
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First British Edition
- Publisher
- Cassell & Company
- Date Published
- 1893
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Lavendier Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Lavendier Books
Biblio member since 2008
Foster, Rhode Island
About Lavendier Books
Selling quailty books for over 20 years.
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- 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....
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 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...
- 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,...
- 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...
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