London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1896. First edition. Octavo, blue-green cloth, pp. [ix], 200. Small label on front paste-down identifying this book as being from the library of John Masefield. Text prepared for the press by Charles L. Shadwell. Endpapers moderately foxed, pages edges darkened, spine a bit darkened and slightly dull, light staining to rear board, corners bumped, else about very good..

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Bookseller: Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 13222
Title: Gaston de Latour. An Unfinished Romance.
Author: PATER, Walter
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1896. First edition.
Keywords: NCLA-Z; WALTER PATER
Bookseller catalogs: Nineteenth Century Literature;

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Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB

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Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB

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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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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....
Paste-down: The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
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...