Divers Vanities
by MORRISON, ARTHUR
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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DUNEDIN, Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
Methuen & Co 1905. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, (CATALOGUE AT REAR DATED SEPTEMBER 1905), octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, deckled lower page edges, printed eps, viii + 356pp + 40pp, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling/discolouration to spine & board edges, light to moderate cracking to spine & extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. ownership ink stamp to full title page, moderate cracking to gutters, light foxing to prelims)
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- Bookseller
- Hard To Find Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 296066
- Title
- Divers Vanities
- Author
- MORRISON, ARTHUR
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Methuen & Co 1905
- Keywords
- Methuen colonial library modern first edition short stories collection fiction literature Arthur Morrison
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
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