Slain by the Doones and Other Stories
by Blackmore, R. D
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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North Tonawanda, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead And Company. 1895. First Edition. NF/No jacket, offsetting to ffep, inner hinge starting, o/w fine. An excellent attractive tight and bright copy. ; 12mo, brown cloth, gilt decorated cover, spine, 244pp. (uncut) . .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Editions Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1481
- Title
- Slain by the Doones and Other Stories
- Author
- Blackmore, R. D
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead And Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1895
- Keywords
- FICTION, MYSTERY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature / Novels;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Old Editions Inc.
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North Tonawanda, New York
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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...
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...