PENGUIN ISLAND
by Anatole France, illustrated by Frank C. Pape
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Blue Hill, Maine, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: John Lane Co./Dodd, Mead, 1927. Later printing. Hardcover. Good. 6 x 10 in. Black cloth boards. Condition is GOOD ; spine mostly gone, cloth deteriorating, edges a bit worn, spine gilt gone. Binding a bit loose and text unmarked. Frontis and title pg, some text foxed. Red star pasted to ffep. Fiction. Stax.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28346
- Title
- PENGUIN ISLAND
- Author
- Anatole France, illustrated by Frank C. Pape
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later printing
- Publisher
- John Lane Co./Dodd, Mead
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1927
Terms of Sale
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Andre Strong Bookseller
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Blue Hill, Maine
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...