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Life's Little Ironies A set of tales with some colloquial sketches entitled A Few Crusted Characters
by HARDY, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London & New York: Harper & Brothers, 1898. Reprint. The Wessex Novels, Volume XIV. 8vo. Green cloth, gilt stamped lettering to spine and edition device to upper board. TEG, others untrimmed. Spine and boards sunned, a little soiled, splitting to cloth at head and tail of spine, plus more extensively at joints, with some loss to rear bottom joint. Corners bumped. Endpapers tanned and spotted, else, pleasingly clean. Good-only. Comprises 17 short stories, an etching � 'The View in "Melchester"/ Drawn on the spot' � by H. Macbeth-Raeburn and a map of Wessex.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quair Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1469
- Title
- Life's Little Ironies A set of tales with some colloquial sketches entitled A Few Crusted Characters
- Author
- HARDY, Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- London & New York
- Date Published
- 1898
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About the Seller
Quair Books
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
About Quair Books
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Glossary
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- 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...
- 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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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