The Snow Image
by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Auckland, New Zealand
Item Price
A$45.99A$32.19
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Richard Edward King, 1885. "Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was a 19th century American novelist and short story writer. He is seen as a key figure in the development of American literature." Originally published 1852 by Ticknor and Fields this is an early pirated edition Not Dated c1885. CONDITION Purple blind embodded cloth with gilt titles (spine and front edges have faded srips, gilt dulled, small chip to cloth at spine heel else unworn) pp 237 tight clean copy with paste browning to eps and even page browning due to paper type.. Re-Issue. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ariel Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11663
- Title
- The Snow Image
- Author
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Re-Issue
- Publisher
- Richard Edward King
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1885
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
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About the Seller
Ariel Books
Biblio member since 2003
Auckland
About Ariel Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
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