Pearl-Maiden: A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem
by Haggard, H. Rider
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1923. Historical fiction set in the Jewish-Roman war. Later printing. Hardcover, full red cloth, gilt titling. General wear, light crease to front cover; corners bumped; spine gilt rubbed, spine lean, spine ends bumped, front hinge tender; ink name & note on free endsheet, endsheets tanned. Text clean; [10], 463 pages; 16 b/w plates as called for.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Byam Shaw. Small Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- p0783
- Title
- Pearl-Maiden: A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem
- Author
- Haggard, H. Rider
- Illustrator
- Byam Shaw
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1923
- Keywords
- Historical Fiction, Roman Empire
- Size
- Small Octavo
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.