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Mist Over Pendle
by Neill, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0099077108
- ISBN 13
- 9780099077107
- Seller
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Skipton, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York:: Hutchinson,. Hardback. 328pp. The 1951 American edition (3rd impression) of this classic historical novel about Lancashire witchcraft has been re-bound into a half calf binding with raised bands to spine, green labels to two spine compartment with gilt titles and gilt borders, and gilt decorative motif to the four remaining compartments, Green cloth to boards with gilt ruled borders and leather to corners. gilt to top ed. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated map (possibly the original endpaper?). Fine bindings of this title are extremely scarce. Stamped to map as bound by Morell, London. Leather is cracked to the front hinge but there is little movement in the binding. Some uneven discolouring or colour loss to the leather. Leather is surface scuffed to spine. Hint of dustiness to edges of the cloth. A clean, tight copy. Good+, sound copy . Hardback. 1951.
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Details
- Bookseller
- C L Hawley
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22209
- Title
- Mist Over Pendle
- Author
- Neill, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0099077108
- ISBN 13
- 9780099077107
- Publisher
- Hutchinson,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- Robert Neill,Lancashire Witch Trial of 1612,Pendle witches,Lancashire , history,Lancashire,Witchcraft,Historical fiction,Regional literature,, Colne,Leather binding,Signed binding,Morrell binding,Fiction,, Historical fiction
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About the Seller
C L Hawley
Biblio member since 2005
Skipton, North Yorkshire
About C L Hawley
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Glossary
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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