New York: Brentano's. Good with no dust jacket. 1919. Hardcover. Maroon cloth cover with gilt lettering on cover and spine has very little wear, there is some darkening--spine still legible. There is a dampstain on the lower edge of the cover which also can be seen at the very bottom of some of the pages, does not involve text-not musty. Front hinge cracked. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down endpaper, There is a rectangular foxed area on front endpapers where a paper had been laid in. Frontis has intact tissue guard. Lacking DJ. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 353 pages .

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Bookseller: James F. Balsley, Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 10271
Title: CITIES AND SEACOASTS AND ISLANDS
Author: Symons, Arthur
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good with no dust jacket
Publisher: Brentano's
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1919
Bookseller catalogs: Travel;

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James F. Balsley, Bookseller

All books are warranted to be as described and genuine (unless stated otherwise in the description). Payment by check, US postal money order or cashier's check in USD will be accepted and should be made out to James F. Balsley. Checks may be held until cleared by the bank unless you are known to me. Checks must be drawn on a US bank. Credit cards are accepted through Biblio.com. Books may be returned for any reason within 10 days of receipt for a full refund of the purchase price provided the book is returned in the same condition in which it was shipped. If the return is because the description is inaccurate or other error on my part, I will also refund the postage both ways.

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James F. Balsley, Bookseller

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My business is strictly on-line sales. I carry an inventory of about 2000 books. About half of these are modern fiction. Most of the rest are scholarly academic books concentrated in the areas of natural science, philosophy, history, and literature.

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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...
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...
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....
Paste-down: The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...