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REDCLIFF
by Phillpotts, Eden
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson, [1924?]. First UK Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 432 pages; G+/G+; cream colored spine with dark blue lettering; marked shelfwear and rubbing to the jacket; significant soiling to the jacket; two 1 inch wide open tears to the front of the jacket, one at the bottom and the other at the top; marked tearing and creasing to the head and tail of the spine; minor dampstaining to the spine; significant creasing and multiple closed tears to the bottom of the back of the jacket; minor tearing and creasing to the top; marked tearing and creasing to the corners of the jacket flaps; minor soiling and creasing to the jacket flaps; bump to the fore edge of the front board; marked bumping to the corners of the boards; tearing to the cloth on the bottom edge of the back board; marked soiling to the edges of the text block; marked age-toning and soiling to the front and back paste downs and free endpapers; 0.5 inch tall, open tear to the ffep; inked by previous owner on verso ffep; gutter split and webbing visible between page 432 & bfep; shelved under the Front Counter. 1357328. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1357328
- Title
- REDCLIFF
- Author
- Phillpotts, Eden
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First UK Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1924?]
Terms of Sale
Second Story Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
DC's Oldest Rare and Used Bookstore, Second Story Books operates two open shops in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. We have a large internet presence including this website, Amazon, and Ebay, accredited appraisals member ASA, and an in house book binder. For more information go to www.secondstorybooks.com
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- 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...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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