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After Dark and Other Stories
by Collins, Wilkie
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Very Good
- Seller
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Redmond, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Harper & Brothers, 1875. Hardcover. Near Very Good. A Near VERY GOOD volume. Authors first collection of short stories; originally published in 1856 in England. This title was included in "Bleiler's Checklist of Fantastic Literature''. Original green cloth is frayed at crown and foot with worn corners (lower front corner edge worn through.) A vintage large bookplate on inside cover (wonderful). Gilt titles. Front hinge is weak with exposed webbing, but still a tight text block. Original brown end-papers. Two frontispieces with tissue guard between. Mild wavy pages throughout. One 2" closed tear at inner margins (no paper loss) to one page margin, not impacting text. At rear are four pages of publishers back listings. 536 pages. Hard to find title. Author was close friend of Charles Dickens. No Jacket. Protected in a mylar slip. Priced to reflect blemishes.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Margins13 Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005420
- Title
- After Dark and Other Stories
- Author
- Collins, Wilkie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Date Published
- 1875
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fiction; Vintage fiction; Nineteenth Century fiction; speculative fiction; short stories;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Redmond, Washington
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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.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- 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...
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