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Treasure Island
by R. L. Stevenson
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Camden Classics, Paul Elek, 1947. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1947. No Edition Stated. 212 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with faded gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated by John Minton. Endpapers are colour illustrations. B&W illustrations throughout, the first four of which have been coloured in neatly with crayons. Light blue line to page 17. Notable tanning to pages throughout. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with sunning to spine and board edges. Minor scuffing and marking across the boards.
Synopsis
Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "pirates and buried gold". First published as a book in 1883, it was originally serialised in the children's magazine Young Folks between 1881-82 under the title The Sea Cook, or Treasure Island.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1661172891LSA
- Title
- Treasure Island
- Author
- R. L. Stevenson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Camden Classics, Paul Elek
- Date Published
- 1947
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...