The Power and the Glory
by Gilbert Parker
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Harper & Brothers, 1925. Hardcover. Good. 1925. First Edition. 339 pages. No dust jacket. Fully bound red leather with gilt. Black and white illustrations. Colour frontispiece. Gilt top edge and rough cut edges to textblock. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and rubbing to spine ends. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1704286059LEE
- Title
- The Power and the Glory
- Author
- Gilbert Parker
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Date Published
- 1925
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...