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The Wrecker
by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Only
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London : Cassell & Company, Limited, 1892. First edition. Cloth. Good Only. 8" by 5". None. A first edition of Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne's collaborative novel. With twelve black and white plates. Complete with illustrated frontispiece and original tissueguard. In a full cloth binding with gilt detailed spine. Externally, a trifle rubbed with some light wear to extremities. Spine is cocked. Hinges are strained. Internally, generally firmly bound with binding just a little tender in places. Spotting to endpapers and tissueguard, as expected, but otherwise a bright and clean copy. Neat ink stamp of previous owner to upper margin of half title. Good Only
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GEN27-C-3
- Title
- The Wrecker
- Author
- Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Only
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell & Company, Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1892
- Size
- 8" by 5"
- Keywords
- Lloyd Osbourne Robert Louis Stevenson Novel Collaboration Robert Louis Stevenson
Terms of Sale
Rooke Books
Books are sent on approval and may be returned in like condition for any reason within 14 days of receipt. Responsibility of return to be with the purchaser.
About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
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