The World of Dreams.
by Ellis, Havelock
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Boston New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1911 This book was previously one of the many books in the Hamilton Theosophical library and has been well read over the years. It has a library pocket on the front verso and a date stamp paper strip on the ffep, the library stamp is on both pages. There is also a library pocket on the rear verso and a date stamp paper on the rear fep as well as the library stamp on both pages.The half title page is loose, the title page attached and the second contents page is loose. All pages are present however.The book is sadly shaken but the boards are still attached although the sewn binding is visible at the gutter crack by the half title page and the first chapter page. The text is still very readable. Maroon cloth covered boards with gilt tile on spine, Text block top edge is gilt. A first edition in a well read condition!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Westside Stories
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 903778
- Title
- The World of Dreams.
- Author
- Ellis, Havelock
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston New York
- Date Published
- 1911
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Dreams Senses Emotions Aviation Sybolism Memory
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Westside Stories
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Hamilton, Ontario
About Westside Stories
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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....
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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