Geordie Roye Or, a Waif from the Greyfriars Wynd
by Saxby, Jessie M
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Bishop, California, United States
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About This Item
John S. Marr & Sons. Good with no dust jacket. 1879. Hardcover. Good hardcover with tight, but loosening binding, and clean pages. No dust jacket. Edges and corners of covers and spine are worn. Beautifully decorated boards that are fading. Front end pages have been torn out, exposing the binding stitching. Gift inscription is written on the inside of the front cover in pencil. Pages are yellowed, foxed and stained as expected with a book from 1879. Book is protected in a mylar bag. ; 6.65 x 4.40 x 0.50 inches; 128 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Range & River Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43836
- Title
- Geordie Roye Or, a Waif from the Greyfriars Wynd
- Author
- Saxby, Jessie M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- John S. Marr & Sons
- Date Published
- 1879
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Range & River Books
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Bishop, California
About Range & River Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.