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ST. IVES. Being The Adventures of a French Prisoner in England
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann, 1898. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st ed, 1st issue with "Birchell". Very Good. 12mo., 312 pp. Blue cloth, top edge gilt. Small name dated October, 1897 on the front end paper. Very Good, slightly cocked spine, handsome book plate.
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- Bookseller
- Frey Fine Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11033
- Title
- ST. IVES. Being The Adventures of a French Prisoner in England
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1898
- Keywords
- Poems, poetry, poets, Ameican
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Frey Fine Books
Biblio member since 2019
Rougemont, North Carolina
About Frey Fine Books
Antiquarian bookseller, with over 15 years experience.
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack 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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