WITH MOORE AT CORUNNA
by Henty, G A
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London; Blackie & Son Ltd., 1898., 1898. Hard Cover. First Edition. Original decorative green cloth gilt with illustrations to front & to spine. No dustwrapper (as issued). Bevelled edges. Surface rubbing / minor wear to edges. Inner hinge cracked. Name & date handwritten to ffep; sporadic foxing, mainly to first few leaves and textblock edge. Twelve illustrations (including frontis) by Walter Paget ; 32pp advertisements to rear. A handsome copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Keel Row Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5526
- Title
- WITH MOORE AT CORUNNA
- Author
- Henty, G A
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London; Blackie & Son Ltd., 1898.
- Date Published
- 1898
- Keywords
- Children's
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About the Seller
Keel Row Books
Biblio member since 2019
Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
About Keel Row Books
Keel Row Books is Tyneside's leading bookshop for collectable, antiquarian and second-hand books.Formerly of North Shields we are now in newly renovated double-fronted shop in the middle of Whitley Bay. Open Mon to Sat 10-5.
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
Glossary
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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,...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- 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...