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Flames: a London Phantasy
by Hichens, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: William Heinemann. Fair with no dust jacket. 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. "Heinemann's Colonial Library of Popoular Fiction" edition. Vii, 414 pages + advertisements. Red cloth covers with black lettering on spine and front board. Blind stamped borders. Publisher's monogram in black on rear board. Some splitting to cloth at hinges. Cloth covers rubbed and stained. Inner hinges cracked. Signatures on half-title page and title page. Minor foxing. Binding shaky. Some gatherings loose. ; 12mo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001114
- Title
- Flames: a London Phantasy
- Author
- Hichens, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1897
- Keywords
- Supernatural Occult Novel
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- First Edition
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- Fair
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- Spine
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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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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,...
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