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The Making of a Saint
by Maugham, W. Somerset
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
London: T. Fisher Unwin. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Ribbed green cloth titled in gilt, TEG. First UK edition, one of 2000 copies. Spine ends/corners softened, edges mildly bumped, top edge gilt dulled. Hinges a bit tender, mild scattered foxing. Some softly creased page corners, mesh visible in spots, endpages browned. Still a very nice copy. Complete with ads. Acetate protective cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24041
- Title
- The Making of a Saint
- Author
- Maugham, W. Somerset
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- T. Fisher Unwin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1898
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
curtis paul books inc.
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Northridge, California
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
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