Queechy
by Warner, Susan
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Near Fine
- Seller
-
dartmouth, Devon, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: James Nisbet & Co No date but prize plate reads 1899. Red boards with gilt lettering to front and spine. Spine worn, rubbing to edges, corners and hinges, shelf wear, darkened page edges. Title page and first blank page loose. Cloth on spine a little wrinkled. Eps darkened.. Presumed First Edition.. Hard Cover. Good/Near Fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Compass Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004674
- Title
- Queechy
- Author
- Warner, Susan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Presumed First Edition.
- Publisher
- James Nisbet & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Edition Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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Compass Books
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dartmouth, Devon
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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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Shelf Wear
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
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