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Novels and Stories of Bret Harte
by Bret Harte
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The Jefferson Press, 1903. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1903. No Edition Remarks. 294 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Burgundy cloth. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Noticeable tanning to rough-cut text block edges. Cracking to rear hinge, with exposed netting. Stamps throughout. Heavy tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with inserts to front. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and heavy crushing to spine ends, causing cloth to fray. Book has noticeable backward lean with sunning to spine.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1630319081BWT
- Title
- Novels and Stories of Bret Harte
- Author
- Bret Harte
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Jefferson Press
- Date Published
- 1903
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Biblio member since 2009
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
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