The Christmas Wreck and Other Stories.
by Stockton, Frank R
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1887.. 8vo., 242 pp., Very Good, Green Cloth, with minor stains, rubbing, & edge wear on covers; some staining in text block, on end papers & edges of text block; some pencil scribbles on end papers; shelf wear. Provenance: John Ruyle; previous owner's signature on FFEP. Mylar Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alan Wofsy Fine Arts (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16-1972
- Title
- The Christmas Wreck and Other Stories.
- Author
- Stockton, Frank R
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1887.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature & Linguistics;
Terms of Sale
Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
Payment by credit cards or other means. 20% charge for returns,unless item is misdescribed.
About the Seller
Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
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San Francisco, California
About Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
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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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...