Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. Good with no dust jacket. 1879. Hardcover. 312 pp. 3/4 vellum, vellum spine with red spine label, bellum corners, blue and red marbled boards, gold ruling at the vellum edges. Generally worn, age darkening to vellum especially at the edges, spine quite darkened, top of spine has chip, spine label partially chipped away but still legible. Interior end papers have some old pencil, small sticker mark, back hinge cracking, otherwise clean and unmarked. A pretty copy in acceptable condition of this handsome Tauchnitz edition, Vol. I only.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall .

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Bookseller: Leaf and Stone Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 004518
Title: Roderick Hudson. Vol. I.
Author: James, Henry
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good with no dust jacket
Publisher: Bernhard Tauchnitz
Place of Publication: Leipzig
Date Published: 1879
Bookseller catalogs: Literature,Poetry,Drama;

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Formerly Greekdrama Books Specializing in classical, medieval and ancient languages, history and cultures; antiquarian and unusual books; and interesting used books. We also carry many early printed books, particularly in the subjects of classics and religion, including incunabula and manuscripts.

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Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
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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....
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
Spine Label: The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
Vellum: Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...