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The Red True Story Book
by Lang, Andrew
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Naas, Kildare, Ireland
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Longmans, Green & Co, 1895. Book. Illus. by Henry Justice Ford. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Print. Octavo, pp. 384. Publisher's original red cloth, spine and cover lavishly decorated in gilt, all illustrations present, with gilt to all text block edges. Light fade to the spine, Internally clean pages, light toning, contemporary name and date to front end page ( Charles H. Bewley ) , a very good plus to near fine copy..
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- Bookseller
- Kelleher Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015774
- Title
- The Red True Story Book
- Author
- Lang, Andrew
- Illustrator
- Henry Justice Ford
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green & Co
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1895
- Keywords
- Andrew Lang, first edition, The Book of Romance
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- 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...
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