HARDBACK IN THE TEMPLE DRAMATISTS SERIES, ?UNCOMMON,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: Reprint.* Date of Publication: 1897* Publisher: J.M.Dent & Co.* Binding and cover condition: Dull grey-green cloth, gilt title & decoration to spine with impressed ?Dent? logo to face. No bumps or rubs, slight shelf wear to upper & lower edges and to head and tail of spine. VG* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Owners name to ffep. Top edge gilt. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear or marks to text, some marks to top & fore-edge, a few pages uncut. VG+.* Illustrations: One tissue-guarded b/w illustration to frontis showing Mount Olympus.* Pages: 122 pp. text. xii pp., glossary and notes at rear.* Description: A Jacobean Tragicomedy, the first of it?s persuasion, whose eponymous heroine is Clorin, a virgin shepherdess who values chastity and devotion above all. A skilled healer, Clorin has chosen to live in solitude near the grave of her first love. During the course of the play, various couples will find themselves thrown into erotic turmoil, and it is Clorin who heals them and facilitates their reconciliation.* A NEAR VG++ text reprint copy of with some age and cover wear reducing it to VG.*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1144
Title: The Faithful Shepherdess.
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - VG+/VG/ND
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: J.M.Dent & Sons
Place of Publication: London UK 132
Date Published: 1897-01-01

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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....
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...
Tail: The heel of the spine.
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Crisp: A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Bumps: Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
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...
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
Top Edge Gilt: Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
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...