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Rory O'More
by Samuel Lover
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Frederick Warne And Co., 1886. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1886. No Edition Remarks. 391 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Warne's "Crown" Library. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Heavily dog-eared corners to some pages. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Binding is weakened. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering to spine is clear. Mild fraying to cloth at spine ends. Light sunning to rear board.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1708012951LEE
- Title
- Rory O'More
- Author
- Samuel Lover
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne And Co.
- Date Published
- 1886
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Biblio member since 2009
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
About World of Rare Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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....
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