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A Man of Sark
by Oxenham, John
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: The Baker and Taylor Company, 1907. Former owner's ink signatures on ffep, age toned end papers, else clean and tight. Age toned top page edges. Red cloth, sunned spine; Surface rubbed paper paste-down illustration on front cover, rubbed edges, bumped and lightly frayed head and foot of spine, bumped corners; 416p. Victorian Fiction.. First Edition. Cloth w/Paper Paste-down. Very Good. Illus. by W. T. Benda. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Clausen Books, RMABA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SB14158
- Title
- A Man of Sark
- Author
- Oxenham, John
- Illustrator
- W. T. Benda
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Baker and Taylor Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1907
- Keywords
- Victorian Fiction, Literature
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Clausen Books, RMABA
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About the Seller
Clausen Books, RMABA
Biblio member since 2006
Colorado Springs, Colorado
About Clausen Books, RMABA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
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