Red Eve.
by Haggard, H. Rider
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1911.. 8vo., 296 pp., Very Good, Red Cloth with Decorative Panel and Faux Gilding, with some rubbing, minor staining, edge wear and sun-fading on covers; spine with wear at head and tail, & 2 vertical creases; foxing, pencil scribbles on FFEPs, previous owner's ALS penciled on FFEP, staining on end papers and some front portions of text block, minor staining & foxing on edges of text block, some shelf wear. Provenance: John Ruyle. Protective Mylar Jacket. Four Color Plates by A. C. Michael. First Edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16-1906
- Title
- Red Eve.
- Author
- Haggard, H. Rider
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1911.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature & Linguistics;
Terms of Sale
Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
Payment by credit cards or other means. 20% charge for returns,unless item is misdescribed.
About the Seller
Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
Biblio member since 2006
San Francisco, California
About Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
Open 10:30- 17:00 Monday-Friday. Antiquarian books, Art books, Graphics, Posters, Autographs.
Glossary
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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.
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