Alec Green
by Hocking, Silas K
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co 0. Decorative Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Richardson, H. L. Novel by the author "Her Benny". Illustrated with Monochrome Plates by H. L. Richardson. Frontis shows a life saving attempt at sea. Title Page illustrated with a Monochrome Mountain Scene. Brown cloth cover with Art Nouveau Floral Design & Gilt Lettering to front & spine. Beveled Edges. All page edges Gilt. Undated Edition, Prize label on Endpaper dated 1903. 8 1/4" Tall. 4 very small closed tears at spine ends (between 1/4" & 1/2" long). Hinges sound & Binding firm. Pages clean. No inscriptions except penciled bookseller note on ffep Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall
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- Bookseller
- Cornish Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012550
- Title
- Alec Green
- Author
- Hocking, Silas K
- Illustrator
- Richardson, H. L
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne & Co 0
- Place of Publication
- London and New York
- Keywords
- FICTION/ACTION & ADVENTURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Cornish Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Cornish Books
Biblio member since 2019
Penzance, Cornwall
About Cornish Books
Online Bookseller since 2008, in Penzance, Cornwall.We are a small family business and offer a personal service.Always in stock is a good selection of Cornish Interest Books.
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- 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...
- Gilt
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- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- New
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
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