The Two Bequests
by Jane R. Sommers
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Dust jacket
- Seller
-
San Diego, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Winston, 1870. Hardcover. Very Good+/No Dust jacket. C.1870. Small smudge on fore edge, else Clean, tight and unmarked. Olive cloth boards are bright and clean. Black lettering on front board and bright gold gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated with girl in orange skirt holding racket on spine, and purse on front cover with coach in background. Full color endpapers, black and white frontis on coded stock. A beautiful, well-preserved book. Trust an experienced independent bookseller since 1988. Orders are shipped daily via USPS with delivery confirmation.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Prince and Pauper
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 105598
- Title
- The Two Bequests
- Author
- Jane R. Sommers
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Winston
- Date Published
- 1870
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Victorian Era - 1925;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Prince and Pauper
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San Diego, California
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Independent Bookseller
- A proud, but humble professional practitioner of the venerable tradition of book purveying. The independent bookseller hand...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
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