The Wonderful Visit
by WELLS, H.G
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London, Macmillan and Co., 1895 [first Colonial Library edition, in the same year as Dent's first edition]. Octavo, viii, 251, 8 (Macmillan's Colonial Library catalogue dated 20 December 1895) pages. Cloth lightly scuffed, flecked, marked and rubbed at the extremities, with slight wear to the corners; the book-block appears to have been reinserted into the casing at some later date, and the rear outer hinge is slightly stiffened by glue; contemporary ownership details (Xmas 1896); stitching at the centrefold of the catalogue is loose; overall a very good copy. The author's second novel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 77523
- Title
- The Wonderful Visit
- Author
- WELLS, H.G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1895
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
Biblio member since 2006
Adelaide, South Australia
About Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
The business was established in Adelaide in March 1976 and is a longstanding member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) and the Australian Antique Dealers Association (AADA). A large out-of-print and antiquarian stock is maintained at our retail outlet in the centre of Adelaide; mail-order catalogues of our specializations are issued and a representative selection of our stock is online.
Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...