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Old World Love Stories; From the Lays of Marie de France & other Mediaeval Romances & Legends translated from the French by Eugene Mason
by Eugene Mason (translated by)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Hexham, Northumberland, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London.: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1913. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Reginald L. Knowles.. Good. Lacking dust jacket. Publishers salmon pink cloth, beautifully decorated and lettered in gilt. Spine very slightly sunned. Silk endpapers. Neatly penned gift inscription to free front endpaper verso. A hint of foxing to the very outermost leaves and page edges. Uncut pages. Top edge gilt. 282pp. Illustrated and decorated by Reginald L. Knowles. Published by J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London, 1913. First edition, first printing. 8vo. 9".
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- Bookseller
- Ryan OHorne Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027342
- Title
- Old World Love Stories; From the Lays of Marie de France & other Mediaeval Romances & Legends translated from the French by Eugene Mason
- Author
- Eugene Mason (translated by)
- Illustrator
- Reginald L. Knowles.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London.
- Date Published
- 1913
- Pages
- 282
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 2.76 lbs
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- Leaves
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- Gilt
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- First Edition
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- Uncut Pages
- 'Uncut pages', or simply 'uncut', traditionally refers to a book which has not been trimmed by rebinding. Prior to the...
- Spine
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