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Mr. Wray's Cash-Box; Or, The Mask and the Mystery. A Christmas Sketch
by Collins, Wilkie
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Naas, Kildare, Ireland
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Richard Bentley, 1852. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Print. small format. Pp. vi. 171. 1 adverts frontis by John Everett Millais, in original publisher's blue cloth, hinges and spine strengthened, heavy rubbing to boards, wear to all edges. Contemporary plate to verso of front board. Contents complete, a fair copy of a very scarce book..
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- Bookseller
- Kelleher Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016550
- Title
- Mr. Wray's Cash-Box; Or, The Mask and the Mystery. A Christmas Sketch
- Author
- Collins, Wilkie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Richard Bentley
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1852
- Keywords
- Mr. Wray's Cash-Box; Or, The Mask and the Mystery. A Christmas Sketch,COLLINS, WILKIE, first edition
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Naas, Kildare
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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