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Morning Star
by H. Rider Haggard
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1910. Very Good. New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1910. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 308 pp. Color frontispiece with tissue guard; one additional color and one black and white plate, complete. Red boards stamped in black and gilt. No dust jacket.
Boards worn along edges with brief exposure to corners and spine and some general scuffing. Binding is sound. A few stray pencil marks to preliminaries including an ownership inscription to title page along gutter, but otherwise pages unmarked.
Boards worn along edges with brief exposure to corners and spine and some general scuffing. Binding is sound. A few stray pencil marks to preliminaries including an ownership inscription to title page along gutter, but otherwise pages unmarked.
Synopsis
Haggard's classic Egyptian novel, filled with magic, wandering Kas (or spirit-doubles), old gods, romance, and adventure -- as only Haggard could write it! Features an introduction by Lin Carter.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12331
- Title
- Morning Star
- Author
- H. Rider Haggard
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1910
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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- 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....
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
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