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Sherlock Holmes: Selected Stories
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Oxford University Press, 1971. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1971. 1971 Reprint. 435 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Text block edges heavily foxed with mild pen marks. Slight gutter cracking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning. Slight faint mottling to rear. Gilt is bright. Book has a moderate forward lean.
Synopsis
DECOR : Un salon dans la maison des Murray, vieille demeure triste et en mauvais etat, dans un lointain quartier de Londres. Cependant, la piece est vaste et conserve un certain aspect de grandeur. Un escalier au fond de la piece conduit au premier etage, dont on entrevoit le palier. A droite, une porte donnant dans le vestibule. Une large fenetre occupe la plus grande partie du cote droit.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1711089843ADA
- Title
- Sherlock Holmes: Selected Stories
- Author
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Date Published
- 1971
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
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