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The Manxman
by Hall Caine
- Used
- near fine
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1898. Near Fine/Very Good. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1898. Reprint. Octavo; publisher's cloth, brown glazed endpapers, in white pictorial dust jacket printed in orange; [2],iii,[1],529pp. Light rubbing to jacket margins, small soil spot to rear panel, old tape reinforcement to verso, else a Near Fine copy in a Very Good example of the rare and early jacket.
Best-selling romance novel set on the Isle of Man, notable for its use of the Manx dialect and colloquialisms, garnering the praise from the Manx poet T.E. Brown "There is not a Manx proverb, a Manx anecdote, a Manx jest, a Manx situation which will not be found in 'The Manxman.' All Manx men are in it, all Manx women. It sweeps like a trawl-net the whole bottom of the Manx waters.
Best-selling romance novel set on the Isle of Man, notable for its use of the Manx dialect and colloquialisms, garnering the praise from the Manx poet T.E. Brown "There is not a Manx proverb, a Manx anecdote, a Manx jest, a Manx situation which will not be found in 'The Manxman.' All Manx men are in it, all Manx women. It sweeps like a trawl-net the whole bottom of the Manx waters.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28198
- Title
- The Manxman
- Author
- Hall Caine
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1898
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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