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David Balfour
by Stevenson, Robert Louis; Wyeth, N.C. [illustrations]
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- Seller
-
West Columbia, South Carolina, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1924 first edition. Dust jacket is heavily toned and has chipping at edges. It has been wrapped to prevent further damage. Black cloth boards have illustration plate and are good with minor edge rubbing and light soiling. Binding is good. Top page edge has foxing. Front endpaper has a gift inscription in sepia ink. Outer pages have foxing. Pages are clean and unmarked, with toning. Beautifully done color plate illustrations by N.C. Wyeth are still bright. LO
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ed's Editions Bookstore
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 195684
- Title
- David Balfour
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis; Wyeth, N.C. [illustrations]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Date Published
- 1924
- Weight
- 4.06 lbs
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About the Seller
Ed's Editions Bookstore
Biblio member since 2007
West Columbia, South Carolina
About Ed's Editions Bookstore
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- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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