St. Ives; Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England (The Works of Robet Louis Stevenson: Volume XXV)
by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No DJ
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. South Seas Edition. c 1925, 1925 date on title page. Green cloth with gilt titles. Boards clean and solid with light aging, tips a touch rubbed. Gilt clean and attractive. Spine a trifle darkened, head and heel gently rubbed. Spine head with two tiny cuts. Binding firm. Synopsis tipped in to front past down, owner's signature on front end paper else unmarked and clean..
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- Bookseller
- Small World Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 071205
- Title
- St. Ives; Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England (The Works of Robet Louis Stevenson: Volume XXV)
- Author
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1925
- Keywords
- FICTION CLASSIC NINETEENTH CENTURY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
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Small World Books, LLC
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Rochester, New York
About Small World Books, LLC
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- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Cloth
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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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