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About This Item
London: Ernest Nister, no date [c. 1890]. No edition stated (hardback). 8vo (26cm by 20cm), [36pp], 3pp adverts. Illustrated throughout in b&w, plus a colour frontispiece. Original green cloth spine, laminated boards with colour illustration to the front board. Rubbing to the rear board, some chafing to the edges of the boards, endpapers browned, bookplate to the front pastedown; overall, this book is in good to very good condition. Undated; this is Nister Publication number 1330.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornell Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 65313
- Title
- Sacred Stories.
- Author
- [-]:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Ernest Nister, no date [c. 1890].
Terms of Sale
Cornell Books Limited
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About the Seller
Cornell Books Limited
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About Cornell Books Limited
We are a medium-sized bookshop located in a small country town in the west of England. The shop is open for business from 1030 to 1700 Monday to Saturday. The building is a fifteenth-century former public house. We are still awaiting the day when we find a book older than the shop itself!
Glossary
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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....
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.