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The Methods of Mr. Sellyer
by Stephen Leacock
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
John Lane, New York, 1914. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Half Leather). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. STEPHEN LEACOCK. The Methods of Mr. Sellyer, New York: John Lane, 1914. Thin 12mo, unpaginated, brown cloth boards quarter-bound in brown morocco with gilt lettering in gilt frame on front, top edge gilt. Impecunious customer describes the wily ways of a cynical bookseller. Condition of this book: Leather chipping with minor losses at spine ends, a few smudges on front cover, overall very good and clean. Size: 12mo. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Books on Books; United States; 1900-1920; Humour. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54626. .
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- Bookseller
- Rarities etc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54626
- Title
- The Methods of Mr. Sellyer
- Author
- Stephen Leacock
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Half Leather)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Lane
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1914
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Books on Books; United States; 1900-1920; Humour. Stephen Leacock The Methods of Mr. Sellyer
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Biblio member since 2007
Warwick, New York
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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"...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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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