WESTWARD HO! WESTWARD HO THE VOYAGES AND ADVENTURES OF SIR AMYAS LEIGH, KNIGHT
by Kingsley, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Watkins Glen, New York, United States
Item Price
A$14.66A$11.73
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About This Item
Undated but dedication page shows Feb.1855.Burt Publisher.634 pages. Sm8vo. Book in fair plus condition. Solid burgandy cloth boards which are faded on spine along with gold lettering. Front hinge is cracked and being held on only by gauze. Nice frontispiece by Graves. Tissued. Book must have gotten wet in past as the board colors have seeped onto frontispiece page and some others. Tiny rippled pa ge edges. No DJ. ; Order number is GA1-115. .
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- Bookseller
- Seneca Valley Used Books & Paper Collectibles (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3079
- Title
- WESTWARD HO! WESTWARD HO THE VOYAGES AND ADVENTURES OF SIR AMYAS LEIGH, KNIGHT
- Author
- Kingsley, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- FICTION
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Seneca Valley Used Books & Paper Collectibles
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About the Seller
Seneca Valley Used Books & Paper Collectibles
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Watkins Glen, New York
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Glossary
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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,...
- 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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...