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The Overbury Mystery: A Chronicle of Fact and Drama of the Law
by His Honour Judge Edward Abbott Parry
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No jacket
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$31.60NZ$23.70
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About This Item
The Overbury Mystery: A Chronicle of Fact and Drama of the Law, By His Honour Judge Edward Abbott Parry
Hardback, 1925, first edition, with frontispiece, published by T. Fisher Unwin Ltd, London, 328 pages.
Octavo/8vo, measures around 9" by 5 3/4" by 1 5/8". No dust jacket. Dark green cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine. Some marking and scuffing to binding but quite clean and colouring still vivid. Signs of wear, particularly to spine, which has a number of tears and is cracked along front outer hinge and very chipped there and at head and tail of spine. Rubbing at edges, bumped and torn corners. Wear to front inner hinge though back inner hinge still quite firm and although there is some slackness the binding overall is holding quite well and the book contents are reasonably firm. Page edges browned, scuffed and a bit marked. Lower page edges deckled and a bit foxed. Foxing to endpapers, the odd mark throughout and an occasional pencil mark or piece of marginalia but otherwise page surfaces clean. See pictures for further information.
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- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #BIBLIO-445
- Title
- The Overbury Mystery: A Chronicle of Fact and Drama of the Law
- Author
- His Honour Judge Edward Abbott Parry
- Format/Binding
- Hardback, cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- T. Fisher Unwin Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1925
- Pages
- 328
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
GN Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
About GN Books and Prints
Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
Glossary
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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,...
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