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Life's Little Ironies: a Set of Tale with Some Colloquial Sketches Entitled a Few Crusted Characters
by Hardy, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Osgood, Mcilvaine and Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1894. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. (8) , 301, (3) pages. Green cloth covers with brown decorations and gilt lettering on spine and front board. Front hinge cracked internally. Some rubbing and minor staining to cloth covers. ; 12mo .
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001146
- Title
- Life's Little Ironies: a Set of Tale with Some Colloquial Sketches Entitled a Few Crusted Characters
- Author
- Hardy, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Fourth Edition
- Publisher
- Osgood, Mcilvaine and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1894
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.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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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