The Book of Wonder: A Chronicle of Little Adventures at the End of the World
by Lord Dunsany
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Salem, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Elkin Mathews, 1919. Hardcover. Good. [nd], 1919; second U.K. edition. Cream buckram, papered boards; light age-soil, tanned spine, frayed fore-edge corners, heavy bump to top fore-edge corner of front panel. Front inner hinge cracked to mull; rear inner hinge starting. Binding delicate, intact. Prior owner's name inked to front paste down, endsheets browned, pages foxed. Text else unmarked.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Bin (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BBS-2016964
- Title
- The Book of Wonder: A Chronicle of Little Adventures at the End of the World
- Author
- Lord Dunsany
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Elkin Mathews
- Date Published
- 1919
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
The Book Bin
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Salem, Oregon
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The Book Bin is a locally owned and operated business that has been in the same family since 1983. We are an ABA- and ABAA-affiliated general-interest bookstore with two stores in Salem and Corvallis, Oregon. We have over 30,000 items listed for sale online, and a dedicated rare book room in our Salem location. Books in our rare book room cover a wide range of subjects, with a focus on science fiction, fantasy and horror, literature and poetry, metaphysics, and children's books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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....
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.