The Strait Gate
by Swan, Annie S
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Auckland, New Zealand
Item Price
A$21.46A$15.03
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London, United Kingdom: S W Partridge & Co, 1901. First pub in 1898 this copy not dated but has an award inscription to ffep dated xmas 1901. Blue bds with gilt titles and black chrysanthemum decoration, edges rubbed, not bumped, pp 284 plus ads, many line illus, paste downs foxed, page edges bowned, interior clean, text bright.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ariel Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6985
- Title
- The Strait Gate
- Author
- Swan, Annie S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- S W Partridge & Co
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1901
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Fiction Modern
Terms of Sale
Ariel Books
Postage at buyers cost, packaging is no charge. All books shipped same-day payment is received. we pack carefully and insure all orders. Payment by paypal and must be received in full before goods are dispatched. If for any reason you are not satisfied return your book within 30 days and we will happily refund the book purchase price.
About the Seller
Ariel Books
Biblio member since 2003
Auckland
About Ariel Books
We are a small friendly book store stocking a unique selection of rare and out of print books. Currently we are searching for a suitable new location but have had an open book shop since 1998.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
- 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...
- PUB
- Common abbreviation for 'published'
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...