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St. Ives. Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England.
by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
William Heinemann Ltd, 1924. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1924. Tusitala Edition. 378 pages. Light green dust jacket over blue cloth. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Slight dog-eared pages throughout and heavier foxing and tanning to text block edges. Rear hinge is cracked with exposed netting and rear endpapers are coming away from binding. Boards have visible rubbing and minor bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket with visible edge wear and rubbing. Notable sunning to spine and splitting to joints. There is visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends and area of loss to rear.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1634801723IEV
- Title
- St. Ives. Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England.
- Author
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Heinemann Ltd
- Date Published
- 1924
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
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