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A ROUGH SHAKING.

A ROUGH SHAKING.

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A ROUGH SHAKING.

by MacDonald, George

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  • Hardcover
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London: Blackie and Son Limited, no date. hardcover. Very good. Parkinson, W.. With 12 full page black and white illustrations by W. Parkinson. Cover design by Laurence Housman. No date on title or copyright page. London County Council prize bookplate attached to front paste-down endpaper, dated 10 Nov. 1908. Octavo, teal cloth covers with gilt spine titles and decorations. Gilt medallion on rear cover also states: Prize awarded by the London County Council.Top cover illustration in dark reddish brown. All edges tinted green. 384 pages plus 16 pages of publisher's ads in the rear. Light wear at cover corners; small spot on rear cover. Studio

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Bookseller
Alkahest Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
000020833
Title
A ROUGH SHAKING.
Author
MacDonald, George
Illustrator
Parkinson, W.
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very good
Quantity Available
1
Publisher
Blackie and Son Limited
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
no date
Weight
0.00 lbs

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Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.

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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....
Bookplate
Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Paste-down
The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
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...
Copyright page
The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
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...
Octavo
Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Cloth
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