The Valley of Fear
by CONAN DOYLE A
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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DUNEDIN, Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
g.bell and sons london 1915. first colonial edition, burgundy cloth with gilt to sopine, 306pp+ads. VG- (rubbed and stained w. v.sl. bumps and sl.wear to extrems and sl. bruised corners.,sl.sunned spine, w.v.sl.paper separation at ep hinge,4 cm tear to spine head, 2cm tear and spine foot, bookdealer's stamp to front paste-down, sl.foxing to prelims.and fore edges and v.sl throughout), lacks d/w
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- Bookseller
- Hard To Find Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14989
- Title
- The Valley of Fear
- Author
- CONAN DOYLE A
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- g.bell and sons london 1915
- Keywords
- modern first edition
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- SL.
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- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Cloth
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- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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...