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Folklore of the Santal Parganas
by Bompas, Cecil Henry (translator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Minus/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Milwaukee , Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
London: David Nutt, 1909 483pp. Tips and spine ends are heavily bumped and heavily rubbed. Spine ends are chipping and missing small pieces. Edges of text block are heavily dust stained. Spine is lightly sunned. Ex-library marking near spine heel. Spine edges are lightly rubbed. Boards are lightly sunned along edges. Inside of boards and endpapers are heavily sunned along edges. Inside of boards have light stains. Front endpaper, half-title page, and title page have many light, horizontal creases at spine. Title page has three markings in ink. Signture is starting to open at pages 128/129. Spine is shaken and cocked. Pages are heavily toned. Text is unmarked. . First Edition ?. Hardcover. Good Minus/No Dust Jacket. Minor Ex-library.
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- Seller
- Recycled Records and Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 27747
- Title
- Folklore of the Santal Parganas
- Author
- Bompas, Cecil Henry (translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition ?
- Publisher
- David Nutt
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1909
- Bookseller catalogs
- Folklore, Mythology, Fairy Tales;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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...
- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
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