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The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Tales
by Kipling, Rudyard
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Milwaukee , Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Street and Smith 211pp. No Date. Tips and spine ends are heavily bumped, heavily rubbed, missing small pieces, and are starting to fray. Edges of text block are dust stained and lightly foxed. Spine is sunned. Boards are sunned along edges. Spine edges are lightly rubbed. Spine is rubbed and gilt lettering is faded. Spine is shaken and slightly cocked. Front board has a crease near foredge. Spine has a tiny surface tear. Boards exhibit moderate edgewear. Front hinge is a bit weak. Inside of boards and endpapers are lightly sunned along edges and are lightly foxed. Signature is starting to open at title page. Pages 152-154 have a light crease near spine head. Signature is starting to open at page 32. Signature is open at page 112. Pages are moderately toned and lightly foxed. Text is unmarked. . Reprint. Hardcover. Fair/No Dust Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Recycled Records and Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27789
- Title
- The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Tales
- Author
- Kipling, Rudyard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Street and Smith
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Recycled Records and Books
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Milwaukee , Wisconsin
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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....
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