The Passionate Friends: A Novel
by WELLS, H.G
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1913. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (19.75cm); vertically-ribbed sage green cloth, with titles stamped in gilt, and decorative elements blind-embossed on spine and front cover; top edge gilt; [viii],356 + 12pp publisher's ads. Light wear to spine ends, gentle sunning to spine, with a few faint rubbed spots to cloth and upper edge of textblock, and some offsetting to endpapers; contents clean, with hinges sound; Very Good+, lacking the rare dustjacket. A novel first published serially in The Grand Magazine between March-November, 1913. WELLS 49.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52875
- Title
- The Passionate Friends: A Novel
- Author
- WELLS, H.G
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co., Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1913
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Glossary
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- 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...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...