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R. M. Ballantyne. A Bibliography of First Editions
by Eric Quayle
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0712902201
- ISBN 13
- 9780712902205
- Seller
-
Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1968. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth Bound Boards. Very Good+/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1968 first edition. Size octavo, 8.75" tall, 128 pages. Green cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, with the dust jacket. Book condition very good plus, corners and spine ends rubbed, spots to edge of page block, very faint spotting to first and last few pages otherwise very clean. Dust jacket condition good slight rubbing to edges, faint spotting to panels, spine sunned, price has been clipped. A definitive work and indispensable tool for collectors and students of juvenile literature of the nineteenth century.
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- Bookseller
- Lazarus Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018074
- Title
- R. M. Ballantyne. A Bibliography of First Editions
- Author
- Eric Quayle
- Format/Binding
- Cloth Bound Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0712902201
- ISBN 13
- 9780712902205
- Publisher
- Dawsons of Pall Mall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1968
- Pages
- 128
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- NON FICTION ENGLISH LITERATURE COLLECTIONS LITERARY BOOK COLLECTING COLLECTOR LIBRARY BIBLIOGRAPHY BIBLIOPHILE
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About the Seller
Lazarus Books Limited
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Blackpool, Lancashire
About Lazarus Books Limited
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
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